League of Democracies

John McCain has endorsed the concept of a new global compact of more than 100 democratic countries to advance shared views and has discussed the idea with French and British leaders. Such a compact called the "League of Democracies" appears to be picking up momentum as a blunt to the Bush administration's neoconservative policies of preemption and unilateralism. As the world has grown weary of Bush's "cowboy diplomacy", McCain's "League" will act where the UN cannot or refuses. As such, this new compact would remain outside of the influence of Moscow and Beijing which both have veto power on the UN Security Council. As such, the League of Democracies could act in places such as Darfur or on important global issues like global warming. Such an idea sounds good on paper but does the world have the stomach for more US-led intiatives?