So you think the US has a 50% say in what the UN does? That would be sweet but it's more like mob rule and we're on voice against hundreds of little Arab nations afraid to offend the bigger Arab nations.
You're right we can't invade them but why would we want to? Just bomb a few buildings with centrifuges in them, maybe an aspirin factory while we're at it, and we're on our way. Now I'm not advocating bombing them, I'm just pointing out that we can still play. On 8/9/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Criticizing the UN as if it's some type of self sustaining body is > spurious. We ARE the UN. We've got an ambassador, we sit on the > security council, we send them money occasionally, etc. If the UN > isn't an effective body then it's our fault - we are part of the UN. > > It'd be like returning from a vacation with your wife having agreed to > all of it and then, once home, telling your wife how stupid and > ineffective her vacation plans were. > > Secondly, there's not a lot anyone can do to a rich country with an > authoritarian gov't. Especially when the US is totally maxed out > militarily. Iran knows that nobody can really invade them right now > or really do anything ... save one country: Israel. > > Now should the Iranians piss off Israel somehow, they'd be in for it, > but that would trigger a whole regional war which Iran also knows. > > So unfortunately, due to poor US foreign policy, Iran and North Korea > hold trump cards and the US can't play. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168684 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
