Define defense. Israel just went into (and out of) Gaza because it was under continuous missle attack from terrorists in Gaza. The UN did not say anything against the terrorists, but condemed Israel for defending itself. This is the crux of my problem with the UN. It does not apply rules equally.
Why is this so? Because each country in the UN has it's own agenda and when enough of them (the 50+ member Arab league) puts its foot down, it stops any rational plan from happening. It's been how long and they still can't define what terrorism is because of that group. The UN is a body of politics that is bound to those politics to the detriment of other. Just look at Sudan and the forces out to stop the UN from doing anything there (the above mentioned group of 50+ is a start). Just look at the oil for food slush funds given to the UN, France, Russia and others. > 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=38 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132003 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
