MARC SCHULMAN COMMENTARY: Is There An International Community?

Asks the moderate blogger: "Diplomats have been wringing their hands about the ethnic cleansing in Darfur, but have done nothing about it. Despite the obvious dangers that would arise if Iran develops nuclear weapons, it is still far from clear that the Security Council will be willing to authorize economic sanctions against the Tehran regime. UN-authorized military action against Iran is out of the question. It should come as no surprise, then, that I believe that the concept of a single, all-embracing international community is vacuous. Any community that fails to defend itself against its bad apples who attack other segments of the community (aggression) or their own segment (ethnic cleansing) or violate community-imposed sanctions isn’t a community at all."