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As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going?
There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become a nation ruled by law, where human rights reign supreme.
We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.
Saddam Hussein wrote the book on human rights violations.
Rebels in Darfur have learned the value of mobilizing western human rights groups to prolong wars, and this lesson is working gloriously for them.
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.
So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made.
Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.
