At 12:53 PM 2/28/2003 +0000 Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>I will an imperfect institution like the UN
>act to settle disputes among nations, or will the US administration
>do this?
To the extent that the United Nations is a world government, then its
executive branch as the US armed forces, from defengin the Republic of
Korea to being the "thunder and lightning" of Desert Storm,
>Interestingly, the French and the Chinese have been arguing both that
>the sheriff should be someone other than President Bush -- should be
>the UN -- and at the same time, that the UN should not `carry a
>pistol' (i.e., not enforce Chapter 7 resolutions) with respect to Iraq
>and should not involve itself in the North Korean issue.
>
>Why is this?
Because they are the outlaws that benefit from the absence of a sherrif?
One of them commits crimes. The other supplies the equipment for other
outlaws to commit crimes.
JDG
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