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Old Dec 15th, 2005, 04:14 PM       
fine. well over half of the people polled. jerk.

is it really that sunny and joyful? aside from random suicide bombings, I'd say it's looking up! we've already established a new government, we're modernizing the Iraqi infrastructure, and vastly improved the quality of life for the citizens. we've done all of this in two years, and the average occupation requires at least seven. yes, we're doing well!

I would say that the problem lies in the fact that the war is so unpopular on a global scale. the average citizen, be he american, european, or arabic, is massively uninformed and has formulated an opinion, be it positive or negative, on this ignorance. at the government level, many are simply seeking to preserve their own interests, be they economic or social, in that standing up to the American "hegemon" seems quite trendy these days. still others, like socialist spain, are simply great bleeding vaginas.

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Anyway, I suppose we owe nothing to the international community. But we do make demands of them. We want them to comply with the TWAT, we want them to send 9 soldiers to places so we don't look like a hegemon, we want to send prisoners there to torture so we can say "we don't do that!". So I guess we owe them very little, but they might soon disagree. We want to win this war, right? Then I think we need the international community. We need them on the same page as us, and we need them to believe that there is a joint-purpose here. Having them pick up some of the tab would be nice, too.
so what do we owe them for this? why do we treat them as equals for sending 9 soldiers in the area that's not quite in, but next to the combat zone? friends of Rome were not equals of Rome.

what choice do they have but to turn to us? the war on terror won't serve as some great galvanizing force for the European Union, but eventually individual countries will realize that neutrality does not guarantee safety and that this is a conflict that they cannot win on their own. as they realize this, our role as the world's suzerain becomes clear. with or without the war on terror, the international community will survive, globalization will continue. with this considered, we must choose to either submit ourselves to the international community, or make our interests priority.

and really, I doubt that even FDR could rouse our nation today. the day after september 11th, there were already people tearing down the flags that people had put out and insulting the nation and those who had died. people today have become complacent and pacifistic, even at the expense of their nations' interests and ideals, too many people are ready to abandon the nation-state and the pride and duty that accompanies the notion.
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