Weekly Warning Words

     As soon as the Great Four see eye to eye on all sites of unrest, revolt, and terroristic endeavors, they can orchestrate a glacis of safeguarded borders around the rogue nations. They might even imitate Israel's only possible security vis à vis incorrigible haters, suicidal youngsters and for-ever-murderous religious fanatics if those are led or tolerated by their countries or other entities. Those whose life's desire is to die for the glory of their faith, may as well accept starvation as the way to their ends and end.

     Let France and Germany play their independent high-stakes expectation game. But confer the friendliest way with our Spanish allies. With us as advisors, allies and real friends, Spain could dare to allow the Basques a most complete autonomy that borders on independence. The economic misery as consequence may then sooth the anger of unforgiving terrorists. They may even join their socialist fellow-nationals and prefer economic, social and cultural cooperation to hit-and-run jailbait tactics. Their dynamite could be better utilized in mines. Could we persuade the 1000 wealthiest Basques of America's West to finance their reschooling?

     Money may also prove to be good medicine for the ills of Ulster. After their Ireland conquered most of the green island, the Irish Catholic minority of the nord-east dreamed of imposing their religion on the sturdy Orange Protestants. When fanaticism encounters zeal, bloodshed has too often been the only flight to heaven's portals via hell's gate.

     The peace movement, led by intrepid Irish women and later by Senator Mitchell, did not prove to be permanent. Job guarantees and more government sharing must let Irish rogues and pious Orange Presbyterians march together on their holidays. This vision, however, requires greater effort of the Irish Free State, our (financial) input and NATO involvement too. As soon as all borders in Europe are even more open than ours with Canada, the prejudices nourished by nationalism, religion and ambitious power-pushers become meaningless even to the I.R.A. and the Basque co-conspirators.

     By profiling Arab gun specialists, we and Great Britain can prevent those untidy characters from training arch-Catholics in killing fervent Protestants. It would help that English, Italian and Greek authorities protect their frontiers better for their own good, too.

     But who are we that we should be allowed to set high standards in the treatment of minorities for other democracies that have morally higher social, economic and political institutions? As long as our powerful corporations, our spoiled business exploiters, our insurance and pharmaceutical monstrosities violate Canadian decency and humane spirit, it is US who deserve detestation and punishment for our indecent grabbing of billions of dollars from the wages of workers and the needy public.

     We could flatter our loyal allies by adopting their more humane approach to those whose labors create our wealth. We cannot consider ourselves civilized unless all Americans can feel secure and well protected from sickness, unemployment and the sufferings in old age. How dare all our branches of government withhold from the workers' families as well as those who are unemployables the fair health and retirement insurance which they legislated for themselves? Without an equal guarantee for all we are neither a democracy nor a civilized republic.

     If George II speaks the truth when he calls himself a compassionate Republican (like Abraham Lincoln), he will have to prove it now. He had better move fast along the lines drawn by a religion of the heart and human conscience. If he leaves too many students behind by denying adequate funding to public schools and sacrifices the welfare of his nation to his corrupt corporations and small-brained shop keepers, he is not better then our terroristic enemies.

Week 21 - Feb 11, 2004 - Too Foreign Foreign Policies

February 4, 2004 - Week 20 - The Superpower Quartet And Its Chorus

BY DR. BRUNO J. KEITH