A DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE?

World government may appear to some to be problematic, and to represent a loss of national prerogative.

I know, the Hollywood fantastists got there with dreams of evil genius with prejudice and destructive prescience. If such  a world government was democratically elected,  elected by all,  and representing all the world’s peoples, it would solve some problems. The disregard for the rule of humanitarian and international law by the world bully boys and girls would be stopped, and with it their reigns of murder and cultural disruption, as has happened notably in Iraq, Afghanistan and possibly Somalia. Internally maintained dictatorships would be subject to account.

Juan Cole observes that no only was the bogus election campaign waged under the guns of the Imperialist, but it is quite possible that it will of itself generate more violence and misery – as if there has not been enough of that in Afghanistan. He writes:

Abdullah Abdullah, the leading rival to incumbent Hamid Karzai in the Afghanistan presidential elections, told a gathering of hundreds of his campaign workers from the southern provinces that he would not accept an outright victory by Karzai as legitimate. With 35% of the votes counted, Karzai has a little over 46%, with Abdullah trailing at 31%. Karzai needs 50% to avoid a run-off, though the Afghan press thinks that outcome is increasingly unlikely. But if his luck turns up in the remaining ballots, Karzai could find himself facing a major rebellion. Abdullah is favored by the Tajik ethnic group that predominates in the north of the country, which speaks Persian and is largely Sunni. Karzai is most popular among the Pashtuns whence his own small tribe, the Popolzai, derives. Afghanistan is a tinderbox, and a major Iran-style post-election struggle between Tajiks and Pashtuns could completely destabilize the country.

Any such conflagration would embroil US and NATO troops in a new round of fierce fighting.

The Rudds, Obamas and Browns are in support this mess. Help us!

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