In the UN Charter there is provision for a country defending itself. Given a legit threat that requires swift action, then the UN would not be a hinderance. That is why the UN had no objection to what happened in Afghanistan or in the Gulf War of 1991.
larry On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:43:52 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:131994 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
