Needed: Boundaries with teeth
Cal Thomas’ “What standard? What scandal?” (Commentary,
July 24) is profound with global implications if applied to the current world
chaos. His question of who defines those words is key.
Mr. Thomas makes a solid case with his end quote of the
Louis Armstrong lyrics “What a wonderful world this would be” — but only if
boundaries are well-defined and kept.
This especially applies to the boundaries put on the
protection of human rights and the environment. But instead, United Nations
Charter standards have always held the protection of national sovereignty as
the highest priority.
This was intentionally engineered by the powers that
defeated the evil forces in World War II.
Three years after that horrific war, the world agreed
upon a clear boundary: a list of 30 human rights laid out in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. These, it was decided, needed to be kept if we
intended to avoid another world war and perpetual chaos.
Unfortunately, the United Nations was never given the
power to hold national leaders accountable when those leaders repeatedly
violate these unalienable rights (on which our nation’s Founders signed off in
our Declaration of Independence).
What is unclear about “the laws of nature and of Nature’s
God”? The Constitution still ignores these words from our Declaration. So
expect more chaos with the modern acceleration of weapon systems, wars,
pathogens, environmental destruction, political polarization, fake news and the
decay of “Truths” that we should all have held “to be self-evident” over the
past 250 years.
Mr. Thomas needs to expand his own boundaries, accept our
global interdependence and insist on keeping people, our governing systems and
nature healthy.
CHUCK WOOLERY
Former chair, United Nations Association, Council of
Organizations
Rockville
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