Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 18:30:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HAB: Limits of U.N. power


In his article on the Iraq Event...

http://homepage.mac.com/gedavis/JH/JH_19Apr03.html

...Habermas writes that:

"The world organization is certainly not yet in a position,
today, to force deviant member states into offering their
citizens a democratic and rule-of-law based order."

That's an *understatement*:

http://homepage.mac.com/gedavis/JH/fallBa.html

That is, my discussion of JH's article continues:

http://homepage.mac.com/gedavis/JH/GD_on_JH_on_Iraq.html

I have a few more comments to offer on "The U.N. Order
Generally" (section B of my sequencing of JH's article
points). 

Then, I will address JH's comments on American
neoconservatism next Sunday, not to defend neoconservatism,
but to show that it is not the prevailing backdrop of U.S.
interest in democratization of Iraq.

Gary





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