Thus Spake Russ

Posted By Russ Emerson on March 18, 2003 at 2:29 pm

According to the byline at the end of the original article, “Magie Dominic is author of The Queen of Peace Room, a personal exploration of violence in the second half of the twentieth century.” This may explain why I’ve never heard of her before today.
But I’ve heard it all before.
(Link courtesy of WorldNetDaily)

What Century Are We In?
by Magie Dominic
If war could bring peace, the definitive battle would have been fought millennia ago, on a wide-open field,

If evil tyrants would stop popping up like some sort of geo-politico-historical Whack-a-Mole, maybe we could stop fighting wars. But the bad guys never seem to learn the right lessons from the past. Instead, every aggressive tyrant comes to believe that he can win by avoiding the mistakes his predecessors have made. God help us if one of them is ever correct.

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Posted By Russ Emerson on March 17, 2003 at 7:02 am

I’d appreciate any feedback. This is my first real shot (in public, anyway) at a real fisking. But, well, “see the hill – take the hill.”
From http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0314-05.htm

The Forgotten Power of the General Assembly

Perhaps because it is eminently forgettable?

by Robert Fisk

Who else?

For 30 years, America’s veto policy in the United Nations has been central to its foreign policy.

Well, no. Enlightened self interest has been central to American foreign policy. The UNSC veto is merely a hammer in our national toolbox.

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