El 14/04/11 16:23, MB Software Solutions, LLC escribió: > On 4/14/2011 2:02 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >> I agree with you in that you have no business being global police. >> But you should get used to the fact that "proper" interventions should >> be through the UN. It is not about USA's objectives, it is about UN's >> objectives. And thus you should not ask Obama about it, but UN officials. >> Unless you think USA should be above the law. > > This is one of the rare times that I've agreed with you! <g> I don't > want us to be the global hit-/regime-change team either.
Ok, glad we agree. About the ignorant comments about "what law?" and regarding UN owing something to US I wish to say a few things. If you check internet about the issue you'll find a couple of articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_United_Nations http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-09-dues_N.htm the wikipedia article says "Since 1985 the U.S. Congress has refused to authorize payment of the U.S. dues, in order to force UN compliance with U.S. wishes, as well as a reduction in the U.S. assessment" So I would ask some of the bigmouths in this list to abandon the "poor me" attitude and the "everybody abuses USA's good intentions". They are plain stupid. USA was one of the founders of UN and got some big things from it, the most notable one the Bretton Woods conference which established economic lineaments that have helped USA's economic goals for decades. About "which law", everybody knows the law is a social contract, in a globalized world it is between nations. So far USA has always refused to be subjected to international courts and consensed international laws. But if US is acting on behalf the UN, then it should OBEY UN decisions regarding the issue, not decide by itself. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_United_Nations#cite_note-NY_Times-12> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
