What if US-EU pull together to rule the world ?

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What if US-EU pull together to rule the world ? Do the Alarm bells ring , as the below Arab News hears them? Elsewhere too ? In China ? Arab News, Saudia Arabia http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=59384&d=22&m=2&y=2005 What sets alarm bells ringing is the underlying assumption in the speech that if the US alone cannot decide the fate of the rest of the world, the US and Europe can. This is no affirmation of multilateralism but an extension of the coalition of the willing. "Today America and Europe face a moment of consequence and opportunity", Bush said. The US and Europe shared the challenge of bringing about peace in the Middle East, of Russia’s weakening democracy, of Iran’s nuclear program. But what about the rest of us? Do we not have a role to play as well, a voice to be heard. International decision making cannot be left to a comfortable coalition of the Americans and Europeans. That is nothing more than Western colonialism in a modern guise. Multilateralism does not mean Washington and Brussels deciding what is best for us. It means the UN being the decision maker. If all Bush is doing in Europe this week is ensuring a slightly wider coalition of the willing, then it is to be rejected.