Personally, I think it's a little strange that the United Nations would appoint such an ambassador. As far as I've ever heard, there is no sign of intelligent life anywhere in the universe that would come to our planet for any reason. However, from a realist perspective...
Appointing an ambassador for the extraterrestrials was a smart move by the UN. In order to increase the world's security, we should have someone ready to conquer the unknown threat to the world. My only concern is that we don't have an ambassador from every country. The nation the ambassador is from could, and probably would, use their ties to the aliens to come and take over our country! If we don't have ties to them as well, we can't protect against that attack. Nobody knows what kinds of weapons they have or how to fight them. What if the ambassador thing doesn't work, and they just kill him? We would have to go to war, and the country where he's from (or where they land) would be going first.
Mindy--
ReplyDeleteAre you saying that from a realist's perspective it's a concern that there is not an ambassador from each country? While I can see why a realist would be looking out for their own country in this situation, I think they would be practical about it, and just appoint an "alien ambassador" within their country if they really felt it necessary. A realist would recognize the practicality of having a united front against a potential alien encounter, and I think be grateful they would not have to deal with the probable crisis on their own. Having other countries involved, and having the ambassador present a united front for all nations in the UN would allow a realist country to focus on their personal strategy towards the encounter or attack without having to waste time on the diplomatic relations.