Posted by
Frigglesnitz on Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:21:14 PM
When apathy takes over, it leaves just a little more wiggle room for madmen like Ahmadinejad and his little friend Hugo Chavez and his little friend Kim Jong Il (I always pronounce that "ill" or "eel": who cares which is correct?).
These madmen do not need any more wiggle room. They're slippery enough already.
There are those who want diplomacy. My contention is that diplomacy won't work on rabid dogs. As I've said before, I have never heard of reason triumphing over rabies.
That being said, however, it is to be hoped that we have the decency to confirm John Bolton as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. We need all the persuasiveness and creativity we can muster to persuade nations such as Iran, North Korea and Venezuela to work for the common good of the world rather than for their own transient wants (e.g., nuclear weapons). And, by the way, let us hope that these wants are indeed transient.
First there needs to be reason -- something sorely lacking in the little minds of the little trio mentioned above.
If reason is absent, alternative methods of persuasiveness need to be used generously.