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July 25, 2008

Everybody Get Together
Posted by David Shorr

David Brooks misses the point when he takes a shot at Obama's people-coming-together message:

Much of the rest of the speech fed the illusion that we could solve our problems if only people mystically come together. We should help Israelis and Palestinians unite. We should unite to prevent genocide in Darfur. We should unite so the Iranians won’t develop nukes.

This isn't a mystical hope, it's our only hope. I don't think there are any illusions; this approach entails painstaking diplomatic work and navigating minefields of interests, sensitivities, slow-rolling, spoilers, malefactors... But as with any major policy dilemma, you have to ask: what's the alternative?

The fact is that we won't get anywhere with the forementioned international challenges -- or any of the numerous others -- without greater international solidarity and cooperation, which has been in short supply in recent years. When you put these key realities side by side -- a fragmented world community, ineffectual American leadership, and the pandora's box of urgent international challenges -- I think it's a slam dunk that we should try to bring the world's leaders, governments, and peoples together. We have a lot more to lose from not trying than from trying.

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