Red Lines: What Should Be Unacceptable in Today’s World

 

     It doesn’t take a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon to realize and determine what should be acceptable in today’s world. There are certain practices that are basically unacceptable, immoral, unfair, and should not be tolerated in the modern world. This includes medieval interpretations of religious and societal practices like Sharia Law and Jihadism. These Islamic practices may be traditional in some ways, but they are not applicable to today’s world, and they are horrifyingly oppressive to women and all people. They are unacceptable in both Sunni and Shia Islamic contexts. Religious police are unacceptable. Totalitarianism is unacceptable. Kim Jong Il’s North Korea is a rogue nation that tortures its people in a myriad of ways. My list of unacceptable practices and regimes is below.

     Even some legitimate regimes engage in practices that should be stopped. The U.S. bombing of boats suspected of carrying narcotics is one such practice that should be stopped. Those people engaging in narco-trafficking should be stopped, arrested, and brought to trial, not murdered for carrying cannabis or cocaine. It is rather barbaric and unjust to just bomb them. I do want the problem to be addressed. I also want the Mexican cartels to be addressed, along with all the organized crime they and other criminals commit. However, I don’t think indiscriminate bombing is the way to do it.

     It’s really not difficult to track what in the world is morally reprehensible. Below are three of the most sinister men in the world. They are directly responsible for the unnecessary torture and murder of millions of people. They are criminals who should be prosecuted. Their regimes should be considered illegitimate. They are dictators who rule for life or until someone stops them. They should be given zero leverage in talks and deals. One is a major nuclear power. The other two are trying to become nuclear powers to shield themselves from destruction. 

     We have tolerated the murderous Islamic Republic of Iran for too long. We have tolerated the wacko murder cult of Kim Jong Il’s North Korea for too long. We have tolerated the totalitarian imperialist militantism of Putin for too long. All three have embraced militantism. I am not a violent man, but if these three men were killed, it would likely save many other lives from the death that they routinely hand out.

     We should absolutely not be talking to Russia about deals that will benefit them if they do something we want about peace in Ukraine. We should not lessen sanctions on Russia, Iran, or North Korea for any reason whatsoever. They are pariah states and should be treated as such. There should be zero legitimacy offered for these regimes. It’s really very simple.