The National is about Democracy;Democracy is about the People.

The Bottom line of all governments is People. Without people, no government. The 'dependence' is on government; not the people. The people is the Bottom line of all governments. No government can survive without its People. Of course, this fact places a different slant on International politics. International politics is about the relations between different Nations. National politics relates to the relation between the National structure and its own people. The only relation between Nations on the International level is to keep 'order' among the different Nations; it has nothing to do with mingling with their internal affairs. This means law and order on the International level. The question becomes, can a Nation cause disorder on the International sphere, i.e. can a Nation cause danger to other individual Nations on the International level? Most certainly. If a Nation is so disrespectful as to annihilate its own People by violation of an International sanction, that Nation does not have the desired respect for the human condition which is the basis of all governments. That violation endangers the entire world. It undermines the very basis of government; all governments. Its the exercise of a power that endangers the autocratic power as well as the democratic power of other Nations. The Bottom line is the human condition, whether democratic or autocratic. Neither form of government can do without its people. Although this blog acknowledges and postulates a need for the democratic form of government, it also recognizes that even autocratic rule can be humane. Obviously and unfortunately, that is not always the case. Hence, the difficulty on the International sphere, of entertaining a way to proceed that might result in a war. Its the biggest decision leaders have to make, but sometimes its necessary. Nevertheless, there must be great caution in proceeding.