Stardate 20010929.1154 (On Screen): Some people don't know when to keep their mouths shut. Castro is offering the US advice -- as if we give a tinker's damn what he thinks. He doesn't believe that the US should retaliate militarily for the WTC bombing. Rather, the war should be prosecuted by the UN, he says.
That is preposterous. It wasn't the UN that got attacked, it was America. Why would we want to trust the UN to fight our war for us, and for that matter what right have we to ask the UN to do such a thing? Certain nations which have mutual defense pacts with the US may be asked for military assistance, but surely we neither want nor need or have a right to ask for Chinese troops to fight against our enemies, let alone Cuban troops or troops from Algeria.
Yes, I'm aware that thousands of people from around the world died in the Trade Centers. Those nations also have a grievance against the attackers and are free to prosecute their own wars or do whatever else they desire to because of their losses. But that does not give them moral authority to override the acts of the US in this. The reason Castro wants the US to subordinate itself to the UN, and the reason I oppose doing so, is precisely because this would remove the ability of the US to unilaterally respond. (discuss)
