“I’m so honored to be here,” he said. “I’m so honored to be alive at such a miraculous time in history. I’m so moved by what’s going on in our world today.”
(I was shocked. I thought — Where has he been? What has he been reading? Has he seen the newspapers? Is he senile? Has he lost it? What is he talking about?)
Dr. Muller proceeded to say, “Never before in the history of the world has there been a global, visible, public, viable, open dialogue and conversation about the very legitimacy of war”.
The whole world is in now having this critical and historic dialogue–listening to all kinds of points of view and positions about going to war or not going to war. In a huge global public conversation the world is asking-”Is war legitimate? Is it illegitimate? Is there enough evidence to warrant an attack? Is there not enough evidence to warrant an attack? What will be the consequences? The costs? What will happen after a war? How will this set off other conflicts? What might be peaceful alternatives? What kind of negotiations are we not thinking of? What are the real intentions for declaring war?”
“History Will Record This as a New Era”
A few days ago my friend Jacob forwarded an email to the Posse quoting a speech by Dr. Robert Muller, a former assistant secretary of the UN. It was inspiring, and we all need that these days. It turns out that other people have been similarly inspired, and links to it turn up all over the web. Here’s an excerpt:
In searching for this speech, I was pleased to find that Chuck Taggart has a weblog. It’s not suprising, considering that he’s been all over the net for years. I’ve never met Chuck in person, but we crossed paths on mailing list for radio DJs several years back and it seemed like we had a lot in common. Looking over his weblog, we still do. I found the link above on Chuck’s site, and a lot more.