Outsourcing foreign policy
Thomas Sowell:
"Spain's decision to turn tail and run, in response to a terrorist bombing, not only tells terrorists how to get their way in the future, it should also tell us about the dangers of outsourcing our foreign policy to our allies or to the United Nations, as so many on the left want us to do.
"In an age of international terrorist networks, perhaps about to be supplied with nuclear bombs by North Korea, foreign policy is a matter of life and death on a scale almost unimaginable. In this grim context, it is all but unbelievable that anyone would want to put the fate of this country in the hands of a grossly ineffective United Nations or in the hands of allies who can flee from the fight without notice.
"The sheer repetition of words -- the mantra of 'the international community' and the anathema of 'unilateral action' -- has become a substitute for examining the hard realities and the track record of those to whom we are supposed to defer when it comes to a mortal threat in a nuclear age.
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"The so-called 'international community' that the left has so long envisioned consists in reality of disunited nations, too many of whom are short-sighted enough to cooperate with terrorists in hopes of deflecting their wrath toward someone else.
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"With North Korea threatening to become a supplier of nuclear weapons to international terrorist networks, we have a storm gathering that could dwarf even the unspeakable horrors of World War II. National unity at a time like this is absolutely crucial -- and yet it is being blithely thrown away by petty politicians panting to regain political power at all costs, and even boasting of foreign support."
Thomas Sowell:
"Spain's decision to turn tail and run, in response to a terrorist bombing, not only tells terrorists how to get their way in the future, it should also tell us about the dangers of outsourcing our foreign policy to our allies or to the United Nations, as so many on the left want us to do.
"In an age of international terrorist networks, perhaps about to be supplied with nuclear bombs by North Korea, foreign policy is a matter of life and death on a scale almost unimaginable. In this grim context, it is all but unbelievable that anyone would want to put the fate of this country in the hands of a grossly ineffective United Nations or in the hands of allies who can flee from the fight without notice.
"The sheer repetition of words -- the mantra of 'the international community' and the anathema of 'unilateral action' -- has become a substitute for examining the hard realities and the track record of those to whom we are supposed to defer when it comes to a mortal threat in a nuclear age.
...
"The so-called 'international community' that the left has so long envisioned consists in reality of disunited nations, too many of whom are short-sighted enough to cooperate with terrorists in hopes of deflecting their wrath toward someone else.
...
"With North Korea threatening to become a supplier of nuclear weapons to international terrorist networks, we have a storm gathering that could dwarf even the unspeakable horrors of World War II. National unity at a time like this is absolutely crucial -- and yet it is being blithely thrown away by petty politicians panting to regain political power at all costs, and even boasting of foreign support."
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