#8 M4D - Mrs D long ago made the perfect case for bilateral agreements. No "world" org would work - and only maybe a loose org (coalition of the willing & able) of a handful of true democracies could work and actually succeed in accomplishing worthwhile things - like stopping genocide (think: Rwanda / Darfur) and thugicide (think: Zimbob). We can split hairs forever, but what would work is more than what I'm willing to try and define, here, now - I'll cop-out by saying perhaps it's like art and smut - you'll know it when you see it (in action), lol! Toss the two failures onto the ash heap - and learn from them. The very same valuable lesson is probably going to be missed in the EU. They've been handed an "out" on a silver platter, but instead they'll probably force it and play a mulligan. Me - I'd walk away, thank my lucky stars, and hit the practice range till I was ready for a water hole.
RD - Thx! I actually worked on that for a little while - and hesitated to post it cuz it clearly targets pseudo-allies, too - and some around here are not ready for that, yet. I was mildly surprised by the lack of response, to be honest, because it was clearly an open challenge. They're still into putting their personal self-image ahead of making hard choices and choosing State Dept style accommodation and wishful thinking, something I just won't agree with ever again. I'm curmudgeonly and incorrigible, lol. It's impossible to call a spade a spade without wounding the "bystanders", apologists, and symps too. The professional hand-wringing crowd hasn't gotten anywhere near that far, yet. Sigh. Long way to go... I wonder how many will die before they "get it"... Because of what and how I post, nasty stuff in a pointed manner, I'm something of a shit magnet, lol! Because of that, your comments are doubly appreciated, but it'll prolly get you shot, too, lol! |
At least three blasts rocked the center of Kosovo's capital on Saturday, and one targeted the U.N. mission headquarters. An Associated Press reporter saw at least three U.N. vehicles set ablaze in the parking lot of the U.N. mission headquarters in Pristina. There were no immediate reports of any injuries after at least three near-simultaneous blasts, said Hua Jiang, chief U.N. spokeswoman.