Gordon Brown Hails Obama's Election As A Chance To Create Global Society

Just a short while back, I tapped out an article about European Union members calling for a restructuring of the Bretton Woods agreement, that had me a little skittish to say the least. Particularly, some of the phrases used, gave me reason to shudder. It stank too much of the "one world government" aspect that will push America, into non-existence. It didn't help that president elect Obama had mentioned in his speech in Germany, about being one people.

Well, I hate to have to say, "I told ya so." But.... I told ya so... and not with a twinge of happiness about saying it either.

Sure enough, now that Obama has been thoroughly elected to be the new US president, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has decided it's a fantastic time to reveal his thoughts on a global society. In an article in the GuardianUK by Deborah Summers titled "Brown envisages 'global society'" P.M. Brown says just that. As taken from the article;

Gordon Brown tonight called for a new age of progressive multilateralism as he hailed Barack Obama's ideals of democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.

In what will be interpreted as rejection of George Bush's unilateral actions, the prime minister used a keynote speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet to urge world leaders to join together to create a truly global society.

"While I see a world that is facing financial crisis and still diminished by conflict and injustice, I also see the chance to forge a new multilateralism that is both hard-headed and progressive," Brown said.

"And I believe that in our international co-operation on finance, climate change, terrorism and ending conflict, there is evidence of this new multilateralism at work in the world – fairer, more stable and more prosperous because it is rooted in cooperation and justice.

"And if we learn from our experience of turning unity of purpose into unity of action, together we can seize this moment of profound change to create, for the first time, the age of the truly global society, one where progressive multilateralism, not narrow unilateralism, is the norm."

The prime minister said the alliance between Britain and America, and more broadly between Europe and America, must provide leadership in the effort to build a stronger, secure and more equitable international order.

"Winston Churchill described the joint inheritance of Britain and America as not just a shared history but a shared belief in the great principles of freedom, and the rights of man – of what Barack Obama described in his election night speech as the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope," Brown said.

"And as America stands at its own dawn of hope – so let that hope be fulfilled through a pact with the wider world to lead and shape the 21st century as the first century of a truly global society."

He went on to speak a little about Darfur, Zimbabwe and Climate Change. But HOLY FREAKING GEEZ...! Does the above send a chill up your spine as it did mine? When can we expect the 'Hope and Change Gestapo' to start knocking down doors to confiscating our firearms and Bibles? Should we be expecting the Brown Shirt Brigade to be marching through Americas streets on inauguration day?

It truly does seem like the 'End Times,' doesn't it?