washingtonpost.com: The Yikes Years
This look at the inherent instability of the world and the Americans that examine it has a lot of good things going for it. I'm not sure why the editors let him get away with the whole Dupont Consensus though (plus Fergusen). It seems a little too quaint.
More imprtantly, there are no ideas to solve the problem, just an examination of the big downsides. I'm no neo-con, but at least they are not as dreary as the rest of them.
What's lacking now is a true architecture for the world. The old system worked for 4 decades, but is now out of date. What's the next step? Pre emptive attack? That seems like a way to make more enemies.
What about a federation? The US and its leaders decide what is important. That probably means stability. What about appointing/designating specific countries to police their region. We agree to some basic principles, stability, free speech, whatever. Then the designated country is responsible for those things in its sphere of influence. If the country cannot keep the peace, then it should be replaced by a new designate. The tougher question is how do you keep these folks accountable? What do you do if you don't agree with what they are doing? Ethnic hatered anyone? At least it's an idea.
This look at the inherent instability of the world and the Americans that examine it has a lot of good things going for it. I'm not sure why the editors let him get away with the whole Dupont Consensus though (plus Fergusen). It seems a little too quaint.
More imprtantly, there are no ideas to solve the problem, just an examination of the big downsides. I'm no neo-con, but at least they are not as dreary as the rest of them.
What's lacking now is a true architecture for the world. The old system worked for 4 decades, but is now out of date. What's the next step? Pre emptive attack? That seems like a way to make more enemies.
What about a federation? The US and its leaders decide what is important. That probably means stability. What about appointing/designating specific countries to police their region. We agree to some basic principles, stability, free speech, whatever. Then the designated country is responsible for those things in its sphere of influence. If the country cannot keep the peace, then it should be replaced by a new designate. The tougher question is how do you keep these folks accountable? What do you do if you don't agree with what they are doing? Ethnic hatered anyone? At least it's an idea.
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