Re: RE: UN constitutional crux on Iraq

2003-01-27 Thread soula avramidis
BY going to war alone the US will hit many birds with one stone: · change the present international security arrangement to reflect its dominance, i.e. goodbye UN security council · take one huge strategic oil reservoir · elbow its junior allies, France Germany · tie a noose around India, china

Re: UN constitutional crux on Iraq

2003-01-24 Thread Louis Proyect
Chris Burford wrote: With Germany taking over the presidency of the Security Council, we are set for a constitutional test case in the evolution of world government. It is rather like the clashes in the formation of the state in 17th century England. We certainly are not evolving toward a

RE: UN constitutional crux on Iraq

2003-01-24 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34099] UN constitutional crux on Iraq controversies within the increasingly solid world ruling class (Germany/France vs. US/UK, etc.) are important to understanding the future form of a world state, but so is the process of resistance from the working people

UN constitutional crux on Iraq

2003-01-23 Thread Chris Burford
With Germany taking over the presidency of the Security Council, we are set for a constitutional test case in the evolution of world government. It is rather like the clashes in the formation of the state in 17th century England. Schroeder has indicated that procedurally it will not be