I'd endorse part of that, Carol, but not all of it. I don't think you know what you're asking in those changes to the UN, but it's not going to happen. None of the permanent members of the Security Council would let it happen; they all have too much at stake. Interedsting question: what percentage of your standard of living are you willing to give up to achieve this?

It would be interesting to see what would happen if the US joined the international court. After there is no statute of limitations to the kind of war crimes Bob Kerrey confessed to a few years back.

Jim, I should have answered your first question in that last post. Afghanistan? Yeah, I feel safer. Al Qaeda lost a major base of operations and isn't nearly as effective as it would have been if we hadn't gone in. They were growing faster than they are now and don't were turning out much more dangerous recruits than they are today.   I don't think I can express my feeling toward the Taliban, either. If, as some people say, the Taliban were our fault (wrong, but if), then Afghanistan as partially corrected that mistake. I

raq? No, not particularly safer, not from terrorists anyway. Saddam was never a direct threat to the US, but he was a serious threat to other countries in a strategic region of the world and an indirect threat.