1. Wretchard at the Belmont Club discusses the concept of NetWar... This is a bit of sarcasm:
If technology has undermined the bureaucratic state, then the intellectual heirs of Westphalia, with their visions of supranational institutions will have truly confused the problem for the solution. In the face of increasing attacks by networks of criminals and terrorists, their answer will be bigger, more international bureaucracies. The United Nations will become the smallest unit capable of fighting modern terrorism. And some would call that good.
The Left, fighting swarms of plankton with leviathans...
2. And, to make optimal use of your soft power folks have to show up and be persuaded...
For years the United Nations presented itself as a saintly organization bent on saving the whales when it wasn't preserving world peace. Reality fell somewhat short of this ideal, and the process of disillusionment is always painful to watch. In a way, even those who didn't believe in the fake labels can feel a sense of loss at watching the hope, and then the belief fade from the faces of those who have been suckered. The truth will set you free; but first it will make you miserable.
Where is John Clese when you need him...
Oh, that's right, I saw him writing the lyrics of 'Brave Sir Murtha' on a napkin - while Cindy Sheehan clopped coconuts together to a lively toon...
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