INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 101

Being the last great hope of the civilized world, indeed, of the world, is not an easy job.
It takes guts.

It takes a willingness to sacrifice a lot of things….
On of those things is the luxury of observing personal standards of moral, ethical behavior as defined by the political correctness of the contemporary world.

This is not to say that a leader of the free world is expected to be a monster.

It is to say that he or she has, at times, to act in ways which would not be appropriate for your neighbor next door.

Many folks in the sheltered communities of the US simply do not understand this fact of international relations.

The reason for this is that there is no effective international police force; court; or mechanism for the enforcement of international law.

There is international law.

There is no international government.

Therefore, the world beyond the borders of the US and the civilized world is a flaming jungle – a place where the barbarians are waiting to kill, rape, and destroy you in an unbelievable variety of ways.

This is not debatable.
This is not maybe the case.
This is not believed by a lot of Americans and Europeans and other such civilized folk.
This is the truth.

Therefore, the leader(s) of the civilized, free world have to be prepared to do things which you might not want to do yourself.

To wit, the leaders of the free world have to inform their peoples that his or her and their duty is to maintain the reputation, the prestige of the leader nations so that those nations do not always have to actually kill their enemies.

If the leader nation(s) possess sufficient prestige, reputation, so that their declarations are believed….if there is no doubt that they mean what they say and that the consequences will be inevitable…it is most likely that mere words will carry the day.

It is at least more likely.

If the leaders are not believed, they will have to keep proving, over and over again, that they have what it takes.

This is not likely, it is a fact.

Such proof costs…in blood and treasure.

How much better to simply announce a policy and have it believed.

No prestige – no belief.

Prestige – belief.

Elementary, my dear Watson.

Our President is often truthfully challenged.

He is often not believed.

So much the worse for all of us.