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November 7th, 2007 issue

Cold War relic

I read your story about voting for the nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council (“Insiders mull failed UN campaign,” News, Oct. 31–Nov. 6).
Being a foreign policy journalist, I do not think that having membership with Vietnam and Libya is a tremendous success. The UN Security Council is becoming a less and less significant actor on the global scene. It is so obvious if one looks at the schedule of that body that no real crises are dealt with there.
The future status of Kosovo is outside of it, the United States is imposing sanctions on Iran without the UN Security Council, and, during the crisis in Myanmar, that body did not say a word because Russia and China were against it.
My conclusion is that it’s purely a name without substance, a relic of the Cold War with less significance every day. So do not be sorry for not being inside it for the next two years.
Zeljko Trkanjec
Zagreb, Croatia
Why radar?
As a long-term resident of Prague, I really wonder if the entire Czech government is working for another country.
Prague, the jewel of Europe, will now be exposed to possible confrontation with Russia in the event of an attack by the United States. Russia has already said that an attack on Iran is considered an attack on Russia.
Recently, in Defense Industry Daily newsletter, some of the most outstanding scientists in the United States said that the U.S. missile-defense system in Eastern Europe will be deployed to down the missiles that Russia may launch after a preventive strike on its territory.
Only a dimwit would believe the story that the missiles were to prevent an attack by Iran. Iran has never been invaded as a country since 1828 and has been a peaceful nation with a very low military budget. It has no aspirations for attacking another country.
In case everyone has forgotten, America’s foreign policy is to attack now, ask questions later.
I guess one should consider moving to Brno, just in case.
Marshall Cupp
Prague
I don’t like idea of that so-called radar very much (“U.S. offers Russia new radar terms,” News, Oct. 24–31). The anti-rocket shield must cover Europe simply because the United States does not have enough money to build it itself.  
Now, they have invited Russians into our beautiful country. We had those Russian soldiers for almost 30 years and nobody liked that, even most of the Communist Party.
Now, some George “the White House Cowboy” Bush invited them here. We have not said our “yes” to this radar base, and the Americans are acting like we did.
But the main problem is that they don’t even know that this is our land, not theirs. I hope that our government will not give up. We have to show those cowboys and Cossacks: “This is OUR country! Don’t decide about us without us!”
Tadeáš Plachý
Poděbrady


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