>IOW, you want an international organisation in which countries may >give their opinion, but in which the US unilaterally makes all the >decisions.
I think that such an arrangement would be both an improvement over the status quo, and beneficial to the United States.
It would certainly be beneficial to the US, but definitely not to the rest of the world. You see, John, just like the US, many countries have had to struggle to gain their independence. And just like the US, we're kind of attached to that independence. So, obviously, we're not looking forward to giving up our independence and have the US dictate to us what we can and cannot do.
After all, the US hasn't exactly shown itself to be a knee-jerk unilaterlist, even after being attacked a year and half ago. 15 months after the "axis of evil" speech and five months after Congress voted to authorize force against Iraq, we're still consulting with the international community, even though we didn't have to.
...and even though the US has repeatedly stated that it will do whatever it wants anyway, whether the rest of the world agrees with it or not. Sounds pretty unilateralist to me.
So, basically the world could accept such an arrangement as described above, or else continue with the status quo....
Given the alternative, I think I'll prefer the status quo...
Although I really prefer to go for the third option: an improved UN where each country has one vote, where no country has veto power so that no country can force its will upon others, and where all decisions are made by all members, not a small subset of members (like the UNSC).
So, despite your insulting accusation that the US wants a "dictatorship", perhaps you should consider that something may be much better than nothing.
When do you have a dictatorship? When you have *one* party forcing its will upon everyone else. That's why the PRC qualifies as a dictatorship, that's why Iraq qualifies as a dictatorship. In your preferred situation, we will have *one* party (the US) forcing its will upon everyone else -- therefore, that situation qualifies as a dictatorship.
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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