tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post7439008893781259030..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: EU common position on Libya blown apartOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-79502059446655819262011-03-11T19:50:18.037+00:002011-03-11T19:50:18.037+00:00If the EU intervened with every government that us...If the EU intervened with every government that uses force against its own citizens, where would we start -or end? China? Zimbabwe? North Korea? Many parts of Africa? Dictators may be horrid, but when toppled, what one ends up with is often worse - see Iraq. Representative democracy is alien to most of these countries and is an unlikely outcome of these uprisings. More likely is a Muslim, anti-West theocracy. Why do we insist on trying to impose European systems on countries with a traditon of tribalism?Ian Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-12840625357849058812011-03-11T15:00:21.370+00:002011-03-11T15:00:21.370+00:00"子曰:“道不同,不相為謀。”
"The Master said, '..."子曰:“道不同,不相為謀。”<br /><br />"The Master said, 'Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.'"<br /><br />-- Confucius, Analects, XV-40J. E.noreply@blogger.com