Shame, shame, shame..

Bush bullied and burried all international agreements, institutions and laws until the end. My view on this is straightforward: as human beings living on one planet with limited resources to share, as we are split into nations, the supreme power is the United Nations - the best we have as a democratic forum for all. As much as Bush would like to topple Saddam, "no single country should be allowed to police the world", however powerful they might be. As this is an illegitimate invasion of a sovereign country - similar to Iraq invading Kuwait for the same reasons really - the UN should .. stop and disarm the US. Some might argue the US can be trusted while others can't. I argue nobody can be trusted with power, the use of this power must always be monitored and controlled by a wider democratic body.. in this case, the UN. Some might argue the US liberated Europe and no other superpower introduced freedom: true, but things change, nothing can be taken for granted, and freedom is loosing a lot of ground in the US itself as the country is slowly building itself into a fortress, falling into disinformation, and transgressing more and more personal freedoms in the name of national security. As the US and Bush become the outlawed world policeman, democracy, freedom, justice, multicultural understanding and respect, and global long term security are now all at stake. Luckily, this 6 months of UN tractations will at least force the US to show restraint in their illegitimate invasion of Iraq, and prove to the world their claimed good intentions, notably by being very careful with 'collateral damage' (a nice term for what they call 'heroes' in the US i.e. civilian casualties).
Shame, shame, shame..