Harry, What you are arguing is that the US alone makes or breaks the UN which means that it already is a whipping boy. With an EU growing in strength we may be surprised.
Bill Ward On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:03:53 -0800 Harry Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Karen, > > Europeans always blamed the U.S. for not joining the League of > Nations in > the general condemnation of Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia. > > Of course they should have done it themselves without the U.S. but > that is > in past. Yet, might the middle century have been different had the > League > of Nations mounted a blockade against Mussolini's supply of mustard > gas to > the North African continent? > > This seems to me to be no mean analogy to the United Nations' > strongly > asserting their right to place competent and powerful Inspectors in > Iraq. > > If the United Nations fail to exert to their authority - backed as > it is by > threat of U.S. force - it will indeed disappear into the mists of > history > as did the League of Nations. > > If the scenario that I have supported (backed as it is by 1 percent > shrewdness and 99 percent hope) turns out to be what happens, then I > > suspect that the world will breathe a sigh of relief. > > Let's keep our fingers crossed. > > Harry > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- > > Karen wrote: > > >Read Safire for whom he says will get what in a post-victory New > >Iraq. This column could be interpreted as a warning shot for > diplomats in > >NYC, where the pressure is on to resolve the question of a tough > new > >resolution in a matter of days . Karen Watters Cole > > > >Also see Reserve Call-up May Equal 1991 @ > ><http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/international/middleeast/28MILI.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/international/middleeast/28MILI.html. > > > > > > > > > > > > >'In Material Breach' By William Safire, NYT, 10.28.2002 @ > ><http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/opinion/28SAFI.html>http://www.nytime s.com/2002/10/28/opinion/28SAFI.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >WASHINGTON -- If the U.N. Security Council fails to adopt a > resolution > ding Iraq "in material breach" of its many disarmament agreements, > that > >refusal will have consequences for the U.N. and several of its > member nations. > > > > > > > >The State Department cannot say that, of course, because our > diplomacy > >with Council members rests on persuasion, not threats. But should > the U.N. > >deny the fact of Saddam's repeated and sustained defiance of its > >irresolute resolutions, the world body will henceforth play only in > a > >little league of nations. > > > > > > > >Every diplomat knows what "in material breach" means: as called for > in the > >resolution put forward by the U.S. and Britain, that phrase clears > the way > >for the liberation of Iraq. If Saddam does not promptly come into > total > >compliance with no-nonsense inspections, we would have the useful, > though > >not necessary, U.N. coloration for our overthrow of the outlaw > regime. > > > > > > > >Russia, France, China and Mexico lead the pack wanting to strip > that > >triggering phrase from the declared U.S. position. If they succeed, > their > >"no" votes would assert that Saddam is not in material breach of a > dozen > >previous Security Council orders, which Baghdad would interpret as > a legal > >triumph. It would also show that Colin Powell's faith in the U.N. > system > >and his own persuasive powers has been grievously misplaced. > > > > > > > >What would be the consequences of a victory by Saddam over the U.S. > in the > >Security Council? If President Bush were to meekly accept the > rebuff of a > >further watering-down of the U.S.-British resolution, his > administration > >would become a laughingstock. Worse, the world would have no way to > > >restrain nuclear blackmail. > > > > > > > >That won't happen. > > > > ****************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of LA > Box 655 > Tujunga CA 91042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (818) 352-4141 > Fax: (818) 353-2242 > ******************************* > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com
