On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 03:07:14PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > I think we can forget about the UN being a useful force for good in the > world. FREX: Moon Treaty > > What the US should do is invite Nato nations to co-occupy US military bases > on US soil. Kinda in the spirit of Co-Defense. I think having lots of > foriegn troops on our turf would do a lot to increase trust between nations > and people.
I also don't have a lot of hope for the UN as a world enforcer of "good". The problem with the UN is that it is a mostly democratic organization that has some member states that are decidedly un-democratic. That creates conflicts of interest that makes it very difficult to get many things done. Would Kosovo invervention have occurred if left to the UN, with opposition from Russia and China? (Yes, RUssia is nominally democratic now, but it still often seems like it is still totalitarian) What is needed is an organization with a charter similar to the UN, with rules of entry similar to NATO, but without the geographical implication and without a couple other rules. I think there is a better chance that NATO would evolve into such an organization than the UN, but neither probability seems high to me. In the meantime, the US and NATO seem to be filling the role of world "good" enforcer. Not doing the best possible job, but it could be a lot worse. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
