Martin William Smith wrote:

> You're right, it isn't right.  But given the structures that are in
> place to run the world, it will always come to this.  Some nation or
> small group of nations will run the world -

Right Martin!.....It's time to start changing the structures, don't you
think?....Since the beginning of history there has been an "empire"
or "superpower" that dictates the course of world affairs but isn't it
time to change?...The globalization, the internet, means of transportation
and communication are showing signs that it's time for the world to
come together but under whose direction?....

> Now the Soviet Union is gone, and there is nothing to hold the western
> block in check.  They think they run the world and they think they
> must run the world, and there is no higher level of authority to keep
> them in line.  The UN will never be that authority because of the veto
> power, and because, if a big player opts out whenever the UN does
> something it doesn't like, as the US has often done, there is nothing
> the UN can do about it.  There is nothing the World Court can do about
> it.
>
> Obviously a major malfunction.

Oh yes it is Martin!...you touched on something very important.
Who will keep the U.S. government in check?
The world has only one hope.....The American people.
Silvia