Don DeBar's Blog

What Is To Be Done? Moving From the Imperial Monopole to a Democratic Global Community By Don DeBar September 28, 2014 "It's been a terrible year for principles of the UN Charter..."   So began the opening comments by the UN Secretary General at the UN General Assembly this past Wednesday.   Secretary Ban Ki-Moon then noted some of the most obvious ailments currently plaguing humanity in various parts of our world:   "From barrel bombs to beheadings, from the deliberate starvation of civilians to the assault on hospitals, UN shelters and aid convoys, human rights and the rule of law are under attack."   The Secretary General listed some of the recent and current theaters of mass bloodshed, including Gaza, Ukraine, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali, Somalia, Nigeria and, of course, Iraq and Syria. He reported that there are now more refugees than at any time since World War II, a rather remarkable development in and of itself...