"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 01:40 PM 6/23/01 +0200 Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
> >> Do you think that the United Nations would have been founded without
> >> Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and the United States?
> >> Do you have any evidence whatsoever that another country acted as the
> >> driving force behind the creation of the United Nations?
> >
> >Let's reverse that question then. Do you think that only the efforts of
> the US are
> >worth mentioning even if founding and maintaining this organisation is
> more of a
> >group accomplishment?
>
> O.k., let me try this then.
>
> What if I retract my statement that "the US founded the UN" and instead say:
>
> "The United States conceptualized the United Nations, and took the lead in
> bringing some 50 countries together in San Francisco to sign the U.N.
> Charter and found the U.N."
>
> Would you have a problem with that?
How about: Wilson conceptualized the League of Nations, Europe made it a
reality but, having been left in the lurch by the U.S., it failed miserably.
Then, after many millions of people were killed and priceless artifacts were
destroyed in a second world conflict, the U.S. jumped on the bandwagon and
revived the idea.
Doug
