Bush commutes Libby sentence

[Jester]

So my second question is, if there are absolutely no consequences for breaking the rules why bother having them?

The idea was that the nations of the world would enforce them, since nobody wanted another Hitler. Then, it turned out that the two most capable nations to do so hated each others' guts, and would only enforce what they wanted, vetoing everything else.

Then one of them collapsed, leaving only one. That one still only did what it wanted, vetoing everyone else. As Mr. Krauthammer said, the hegemon was sailing. And, apparently, cruising the oceans for oil-rich booty, a-la PNAC.

But someday, hopefully someday soon, the force will build for transforming the impotent-though-well-intentioned United Nations into a true international authority, and perhaps from there into a world government. Until then, the weapons get bigger, the tensions run as hot as ever, and we inch closer (in any of a dozen different ways) to a Carl Sagan-esque apocalyptic end to the world.

And no, I don't feel fine.

-Jester