Globally Rational

It’s no secret that NATO countries seem to be above the law when it comes to UN resolutions and global initiatives.  But I think this is the first time that China and Russia have teamed up to complain.

Recently, Russia’s new President Dmitry Medvedev issued a joint statement with China’s Hu Jintao to speak out against the US plan for a global missile defense shield.  The shield will protect the US and its allied in Europe from any missile attacks around the world… essentially, we’re creating more weapons in an attempt to defend ourselves from other weapons that people technically aren’t allowed to build.  If any other country (with the notable exception of Israel) was building such a system, the US and the UN would be furious at the violation of global disarmament laws.

What kind of signal are we sending to the world if we continue to break our own laws?  We tell people not to build these sorts of weapons, but then we start to build our own huge weapon systems.  Around the world, people think that this is just part of a large US plot to gain military dominance… they think that the purpose is to make sure that we’re the only people with any weapons and, consequently, any power.  Is this really the message that we want to send?

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