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...Cuban missile crisis, and as Colin Powell tried to do last month. It's nice to have a place like that; on rare occasions, the unofficial discussions among countries can yield some benign results. And on the rarest occasions--the first Gulf War; Afghanistan--there may even be enough consensus for a resolution supporting the use of force. Ultimately, the U.N. may be the place to litigate global problems like environmental depredation and AIDS. But don't hold your breath. For now, the strongest argument for the U.N.'s continued existence is that it can do the things Americans...
Protests also demonstrate the glaring lack of consensus among the American people about the war, underscoring the reality that Bush’s policies do not represent the opinion of the entire population. This message, that America as a whole is not in favor of Bush’s actions, is an important show of solidarity with a world largely opposed to war and may be important in staving off the growing anti-American sentiment...
...Cuban missile crisis, and as Colin Powell tried to do last month. It's nice to have a place like that; on rare occasions, the unofficial discussions among countries can yield some benign results. And on the rarest occasions - the first Gulf War; Afghanistan - there may even be enough consensus for a resolution supporting the use of force. Ultimately, the U.N. may be the place to litigate global problems like environmental depredation and AIDS. But don't hold your breath. For now, the strongest argument for the U.N.'s continued existence is that it can do the things Americans...
...preregistration is voted down in April, it will be a major victory for undergraduates, but a bigger defeat for Dean Kirby. It’s hard to imagine Kirby’s predecessor, Jeremy R. Knowles, who religiously built broad consensus before he brought an issue to the Faculty floor, presiding silently over slings and arrows as Kirby did this week. That Kirby has political lessons to learn should be no surprise; deans frequently find themselves in controversial battles early in their tenure. But that a dean with an undergraduate education mandate chose to pick a fight that so clearly...
...Bush really is the imperialist boob that protesters make him out to be, he sure doesn’t sound like one. His hope for democracy in Iraq explains why many Republicans and Democrats feel that the U.S. must oust Saddam Hussein, without global consensus if necessary. Iraq can prosper under democratic rule, and democracy also provides a political foundation for the peace that protesters supposedly want. The U.S. must sometimes resort to military intervention to create real peace—a peace that demands Iraqis have the democratic freedoms denied to them by Saddam. Challenging a repressive status...