06-15-2009, 05:23 PM
No. Tibet is an example that shows when you face a threat like the Soviet Union, or China, you have only a few options; 1) surrender, 2) fight and be annihilated, 3) become as ferocious to make the fight not worth it, or 4) make friends with someone who is ferocious to again make the fight not worth it.
Most of Europe has chosen option 4.
North Korea is trying option 3, although their problem is that they don't have enough food or fuel for their population, and they don't have naught to trade except old Soviet weapon's technology and their attempts to reinvent the nuclear bomb. Of course, only the pariah nations, criminals and terrorists are interested in their products. The rest of the world is pretty concerned about what they are selling.
I want peace too. But, I'm realistic enough to know that unless we remove the huge disparities between nations, there will never be peace. The more you have to lose, the more peaceful you desire your neighbors to become.
Most of Europe has chosen option 4.
North Korea is trying option 3, although their problem is that they don't have enough food or fuel for their population, and they don't have naught to trade except old Soviet weapon's technology and their attempts to reinvent the nuclear bomb. Of course, only the pariah nations, criminals and terrorists are interested in their products. The rest of the world is pretty concerned about what they are selling.
I want peace too. But, I'm realistic enough to know that unless we remove the huge disparities between nations, there will never be peace. The more you have to lose, the more peaceful you desire your neighbors to become.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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