I agree with you Gruss. Question: Wouldn't the flip side argument to this be that, when faced with a legitimate threat that requires swift action, the ambiguous nature of the UN would become a dangerous hindrance?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:24 AM Subject: Re: Dying for the United Nations > > Howie wrote: > > You know, this typifies the difference between GW and JFK. > > From Bushies you often hear, "what's the UN good for, they don't do > anything, they're worthless" etc. etc. > > The answer is they are good for one thing: the UN represents an > ambiguous authority figure without which no individual country has > legitimacy. > > Human beings, by nature, need an authority figure. Unfortunately if > it's YOU that's the authority figure the power will go to your head > and you'll become Stalin or Hitler. Granted they had an unusual > capacity for insanity, but it's the same principle. Anybody every had > a friend that was promoted and soon became drunk with power? > > Our nation's founders recognized this and created the genius that is > our "checks and balances". That ensures that each (ok, most) US > citizen perceives the federal government as an ambiguous authority > figure - i.e., they feel they have a stake in its success and there is > a fairness to its judgements. (except for lately) > > The UN does the same thing internationally - the US can't go into > Bosnia by itself because the Bosnians would see us as an invasion > force. If the UN does it, however, they're more likely to see it as a > peace mission. > > This is why Mr. Bush's US led democratic imperialism, "we must spread > liberty to the world" and "freedom is a gift from God", will never > work. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:131989 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
