“We follow too easily, question authority too little. We cannot allow ourselves to go abroad again with guns. I do not trust our society enough to hold back.”
No, this is not a protester of the war, or Howard Dean. Still, it would serve us well to heed these words in light of the cacophony of disinformation filling the foul atmosphere of our foreign policy, regardless of its quasi-humanitarian efforts to sanitize parts of the world of their totalitarian leanings. We have the UN to do that if The US and its Westernized allies would band to together diplomatically and aggressively to insist on the revitalization of the organization’s original aim to end aggression and inhumane practices.
In lieu of concentration on scouring nations for WMD, the coalition of the West should exact discipline and security from those that do have them in order to prevent dire connections to sell these weapons to terrorists, even if it means UN troops to guard the lethal storage. The media, too, could do more in its coverage of the UN. There should be aggressive reporting and commentary on the voting history of rogue representatives who consistently make a mockery of world order. The US, too, should be open to criticism, such as the decades of being in arrears to the UN by hundreds of millions in back dues until Ted Turner shamed us by contributing $40,000,000 toward our debt and finally Clinton in order to pay the balance had to stipulate the rightist clause that no moneys be earmarked for contraception and abortion in the under developed nations.
Moreover, the advanced coalition must forcibly monitor UN aid to see that it targets the common people rather than blank checks to questionable leaders. Nor should the coalition be hesitant in condemning and publicizing violations of human rights, and openly supporting humane efforts in each of the violating nations. Violators should be fined and subject to suspension from membership.
Perhaps in this way, peace might be the prevalent strategy, rather than warring conflict, and the quote above from a Japanese World War II veteran — objecting to Japanese troops in Iraq — be the banner to lead us into peaceful battle, precluding, as the 78 year old Masamichi Misawa goes on to say, “We believed blindly in war , even killing ourselves through the divine wind of kamikaze.” [quotes from: Washington Post]