Comments on: A STUDIED INDIFFERENCE TO THE FACTS http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/10/20/a-studied-indifference-to-the-facts/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kender http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/10/20/a-studied-indifference-to-the-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-83804 Kender Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:42:33 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=838#comment-83804 Awesome article Rick....... Awesome article Rick…….

]]> By: Kurt http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/10/20/a-studied-indifference-to-the-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-83614 Kurt Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:17:53 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=838#comment-83614 Rick One reason the security report may have over-emphasized the UN's contribution to reduction in conflicts around the world may be found in the bio of the report's author:Andrew Mack '...Professor Andrew Mack is the Director of the Human Security Centre...[snip] and spent two and a half years as the Director of Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations (1998 – 2001)... Rick

One reason the security report may have over-emphasized the UN’s contribution to reduction in conflicts around the world may be found in the bio of the report’s author:Andrew Mack

‘…Professor Andrew Mack is the Director of the Human Security Centre…[snip] and spent two and a half years as the Director of Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations (1998 – 2001)…

]]> By: random10 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/10/20/a-studied-indifference-to-the-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-83524 random10 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:10:38 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=838#comment-83524 I Agree: From my post: The UN: Right Facts - Wrong conclusion: The report reviews data from 1815 to 2002 and finds several factors contributing to the diminishing incidents of armed conflict. First is the rise of democratically elected governments. Second is increasing economic interdependence, which directly relates to the Third reality of the diminishing economic utility of war. Last of all they find a rise in International Institutions and conclude this last point must be the essential source of the greater peace. … Democracy, free trade, and retribution for aggression are pretty much the hallmarks of American foreign policy since the end of the cold war. I Agree:
From my post: The UN: Right Facts - Wrong conclusion:
The report reviews data from 1815 to 2002 and finds several factors contributing to the diminishing incidents of armed conflict. First is the rise of democratically elected governments. Second is increasing economic interdependence, which directly relates to the Third reality of the diminishing economic utility of war. Last of all they find a rise in International Institutions and conclude this last point must be the essential source of the greater peace. … Democracy, free trade, and retribution for aggression are pretty much the hallmarks of American foreign policy since the end of the cold war.

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