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Originally posted by Ryanamur:
Dramnek, I know where you're coming from and where you want to go. You make very good points but you seem to forget the reality of international politics: it's based on the protection of the nations interests. Not morality (though it probably should).
I really wish I could find my thesis and have it translated for you (it was in French but it's packed somewhere in my basement). It's a 135 pages describing the foundation of international relations. I took the presidency of Jimmy Carter to study the concept of morality vs interest. Morality was the approach he undertook at the begining of his term. By the end of the term, US foreing policy changed in focus. It was now geared toward the protection of the national interest. You see, even if a nation would like to base it's policies on morality, it cannot do so because it would hurt it in the long run (more than what we have witnessed on 9-11).
I'll look around to see if I can find my Bibliography. It will provide you with a few good reading titles to help you better understand the "why".
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To a certain extent a moral apporoach is unattainable simply due to past events and actions I would say. A purely morals based forign policy would require I Belive co-operation of many nations and peoples and a large amount of trust. Co-operation and trust that is unlikey to ever be got or given due.