Tuesday, May 1, 2007
McCain proposes it (via email):
PowerLine wrote about it. Captain Ed spent the most time on it. I'm with Crittenden. Nice sounding on paper, and I'm sure I've said nice things about the concept before, but reality's a bitch. It won't boycott anything (like Iran), because even if everyone agrees (like France), they'd just be leaving the field to the ones left out -- like Russia and China. They'd never agree to intervene anywhere because those Western European countries have already decided they don't do that anymore, and those same countries in Western Europe (for instance) who've already sold their souls buying influence with the Organization of the Islamic Conference would never set aside that power for the sake of what would be seen as simply a modern day Delian League under the auspices of the USA.
Hey, I wish the idea luck, and anything that could be used to deaden the influence of the UN is a nice thing, but I think this concept combined with temporary alliances around specific points of mutual interest would be the way to go...maybe that's what McCain has in mind. Who knows.
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