(snip...)
I'm totally agree with Luc
UN authority is only as good as the consensus of its members. A
couple of years ago, I posted a list of all the resolutions passed
against the state of Israel that have been systematically dismissed or
ignored.
by USA first
This could not happen without the veto power of my country in the
Security Council.
My mother, who considers herself a patriot, sent me a political
cartoon depicting a sniveling UN official asking a collection of
hysterically laughing mullahs to "please stop your Iranian nuclear
weapons program". The nasty undercurrent of that cartoon is that
these "laughing mullahs" can only be stopped from possessing nuclear
weapons by force.
may be yes.
Why Bush didn't attacked North Korea or Pakistan ?
We have that force, and there are leaders in my country with the
will to utilize it. They believe that by doing so, they are doing the
will of God. We are living in the midst of a very frightening time in
world history.
Yes, you have the force but European countries never said that USA
should not use it. France and Germany only said that it must serve the
International Right. UN have only the force provided by its members. UN
are weak partly because the US don't give their contribution.
Of course the Americans , or any people in the world, don't have to ask
permission to defend themselves. But they should if they want to act out
of their borders, bringing war in a sovereign country. The world is not
a jungle. Believe that savage capitalism or the law of the stronger will
solve every problems and provides the happyness to all mankind is only a
quasi-religious wish. If it's not to help people in their pursuit of
happiness but only to make a happy few richer at any cost, then this
belief must be fight. Of course everybody loves freedom, but the freedom
of ones stops where begins the freedom of the others. US republicans
must understand that all men are born equals. The life of an american is
not more important than the life of any other human being. Believing
that WASP or Jews (or anybody else) are elected by God among humanity is
dangerous and leads to worst (genocides...). What is good for USA is not
automatically good for the world. Bush should not threaten the world for
domestic convenience. And if he does so, he shouldn't be surprised to be
hated by the main part of the world. I'm so sorry to see how the US
image is turning bad here, in Europe. My sister in law is american and
moved to France after 11/09. She's also worried to see how many French
are considering the average american citizen since Bush is president...
We do not understand this policy and how the US voters can swallow such
lies and manichean sight of the world. Bush administration seems to
follow a policy based on religious faith and economic dogma, obviously
not on facts and people interests. It's not better than the mollahs who
also say "in God we trust" and the others are Evil. I was chatting this
morning with co-workers who asked "are the US voters like him,
dangerous, selfish, cynical, narrow-minded, fanatic, cupid, simply
stupid or deaf and blind ?". This way to make war on terrorism is the
best way to make more terrorism. So much violence and brutality. So much
money so badly spent...
But let's back on biofuel subject : at last Kyoto protocol has been
ratified and the US industry will be obliged to make efforts to compete
with more virtuous companies especially in Europe. It should be good for
the planet...and the americans who are living on. Despite their government.
Biofuel is suspected to be a carbon wells but with a bad ecological
balance when produced even from organic and extensive agriculture if far
from consumption places and if the fuel needs heavy process.
One of the only ecologicaly interresting way right now is in a "short
circuit" meaning local organic production of vegetal oil and local
consumption in basic diesel motors (or more efficient special built ones)
In France, this is not the govt choice. Preference has been given to the
solutions from big oil compagny (Diester from colza or Ethanol from
industrial grown sugar beetroot , processed and distributed by
Total-Elf-Fina / compagnie franaise des pŽtroles). The small home
producers of biofuel are prosecuted. The ministry of finance considered
the vegetal oil as petroleum product if solded and mixed with other
fuel, and taxed it at more than 70% ! That makes non-sense so the new
ministry of ecology is trying to solve this. Actually, the only way to
use biofuel is to buy edible vegetal oil (or alcohol) and use it as fuel
or to produce and use its own biofuel, without declare it. But no way to
earn money with it for the moment, even with very high fossil fuels prices.
I'm trying to find links to french speaking websites about biofuels with
english translations.
Please excuse my bad english. hope this not contribute to misunderstood
between Europe and USA ;-)
Keep on doing well
frantz DESPREZ
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