Re: Founding the UN Re: Pride and Arrogance Re: AmericanAttitudes(wasRe:Hardworking?)

[Doug Pensinger]

"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> 
> At 07:32 PM 6/25/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> Can I take that as a "no" from your corner, Doug?
> 

Not necessarily.  You can take it as a hint that I think that your statement
is far too simple to accurately describe what happened.

Doug