Re: Russett on the future structure of the international system

I agree with you that arms control is not the total answer to war.  We must 
have a political, military, and economic union of the democracies.  The 
door 
must be left open for any other country to come in as soon as it meets the 
criteria set up by the founding democracies.  Just as freedom, liberty, and 
security have increased the bigger the U.S. has become, so the same will be 
true as we unite the democracies.  The U.S. is the super power of today 
because 13 colony states grew into 50 united states.  With all its faults 
the 
U.S. has the best form of government in the world.  We can improve it by 
gaining a national initiative/referendum process similar to what 24 states 
now have.  Please go to www.unitedpeople.org and sign the petition there 
for 
this national process, if you are so inclined.          Yours in Peace, Tom 
Hudgens, President and CEO Association to Unite the Democracies.