January 4, 2008

• Would we stop the holocaust?

  In today's political climate, if people on the other side of the world were to begin something akin to the holocaust, would we stop it?

  By we, I mean America as a collective group.

  While what's happening in places like Kenya, Burma and even the things that are happening in North Korea right now aren't exactly genocide and the killings aren't on a grand scale necessarily, I can't say they don't rile up something in my internal righteousness. 

  I want to fix it.  I want to change things.  I want to do something that will make things right in the world.

  But what can I do as an individual?  So, I look towards our government.  Should our government do something to help these people?  As a nation founded on Christian principles, it would seem like the resounding answer should be "Yes". --However, isn't sticking our nose into other country's business what got us into this economical rut and anti-government morale in the first place?  I doubt that America's going to step in on another country's politics again anytime soon (especially in a place where there's no oil to exploit).  That leaves.. the UN.  I think we can all agree that fixing these things is probably the job of the UN.  Too bad the UN kind of sucks.

  That said, what if a situation like the Holocaust were to arise?  Do you think America would step in to stop it? Would the UN step in to help?

  And when would help come?  How many people need to die before we decide that a situation isn't right, and there needs to be change?  Would we need to wait until someone attacks us before we can politically make another move, like WW2, or 911?

  And if the government doesn't help -- is there anything that we as regular citizens of the world can do?

  Oh yeah, and one more thing -- do economic sanctions even WORK?

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  Other news:

  From SLATE I thought these were interesting quotes:

  Paul Mirengoff at righty blog Power Line thinks it's a sad day for politics:
  "Iowa has given its seal of approval to (1) a one-term Senator who
  stands for 'hope' and 'change' and (2) a tacky, big spending governor
  who doesn't know much about foreign policy but did stay at a Holiday
  Inn Express. The common demoninator here, other than a patent lack of
  qualifications for the presidency, is likeability."

  Jay Tea at Wizbang is all set
  to welcome the candidates to his home state of New Hampshire: "I want
  every voter who can to take a Democratic ballot and write in Mike
  Huckabee's name. And those who will be voting in the Republican
  primary, make your mark for Huckabee proudly -- then tell the ballot
  workers that you misunderstood the way the ballot works and ask for a
  new one, which you then mark for the candidate of your choice. (Mine's
  going to be for Fred Thompson, and so should yours.)" And Vodka Pundit's Stephen Green has penned an open letter
  to Iowa Republicans: "32 years ago, your Democratic brethren took one
  look at Jimmy Carter -- the worst 20th Century President bar Nixon, and
  the worst ex-President ever -- and declared, 'That's our man!' Three
  decades later, and along comes Mike Huckabee. Same moral
  pretentiousness, same gullibility on foreign affairs,
  only-slightly-less toothy idiot's grin. Then you so-called Republicans
  took a look at Carter's clone and said, 'That's our man, too!' "

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