Libya Freedom Slavery the UN and US Obligations

The people who do not want the US or the world to become involved in Libya burn me up. A typical comment: The issue is that it is a Libyan problem. Another: I agree... The United States should no longer involve itself in these internal fights in the middle east or anywhere else. We are not the World Police Force, World Court of Justice or World Welfare Provider.

This situation is EXACTLY like slave labour making cotton. Britain didn't have slaves a century and a half ago but she bought cotton from the USA which did. When a civil war broke out she and other European powers dithered and ended up supporting the union against their own immediate self interest. THANK GOD. Can we do less?

We have a responsibility to support freedom loving people all over the world. Both a UN resolution and the Arab League have asked the entire world to do so. We are a member of the UN and have international as well as moral obligations. We are the leader of the free world and the leading democratic power on earth and we have an obligation not to follow only our own narrow interests.

I want there to be a peaceful and just world order enforced by every means humanity can bring to bear. Right now that is the UN as led by the USA, France, Britain and the rest of the EU as the closest regional powers with the ability to project force.

Oil makes the world order run and as part of that order you have an OBLIGATION to oversee EXACTLY how it is produced and who profits from it's sale. To deny that is to try to absolve yourselves of the crimes of the producers while profiting from the abuse.

Like Pontius Pilate washing his hands of the blood of Jesus while allowing the Pharassies to kill him and profit thereby, you would have the world stand idly by as hope and change are crushed underfoot while you continue your own pleasant existence.

China and the Nobel Peace Prize - And a Great Day for the World

中国是居于领先地位的国家。但有一个障碍。

我支持中国的迅速崛起，但公民必须能够批评政府。中国需要它的持不同政见者。

中国有许多忠诚的公民。如果没有真正的问题存在，人们只是耸耸肩，并忽略抱怨。中国太大，太忙碌，听取不满的持不同政见者。这是你应该采取的态度。忽略他们是明智的课程。不认真对待他们。

这是正确对待批评。如果中国接受了诚实的批评和公开的公众辩论，政府将不再是一个西方的关注。中国必须强调民族团结，而且还诚实和开放性。然后，中国将成为世界的中心。

这将是世界上伟大的一天。


The original in English:


China is among the leading nations. But there is an barrier.

I support the rise of China, but citizens must be able to criticize the government. China needs it's dissidents.

China has many loyal citizens. If no real problem exists, people will just shrug and ignore complainers. China is too big and too busy to listen to disgruntled dissidents. This is the attitude China should take. Ignoring them is the wiser course. Do not treat them seriously.

This is the correct treatment for criticism. If China accepts the honest criticism and open public debate the government will no longer be a Western concern. China must stress National Unity, but also honesty and openness. Then one day China will be the center of the world.

And that would be a great day for the world.