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guy44 · 10-03-2004, 09:57 AM

Anyone who actually believes that Kerry would give any control over U.S. military forces to the United Nations is smoking something truly amazing. Of course he wouldn't. No president would.

The U.N. is broken, but only insofar as it accedes to U.S. pressure all the time. The General Assembly will always pass anti-Israel, anti-U.S., anti-Western resolutions as every state gets an equal vote, and there are way more small, undeveloped countries suffering from international regime rules than there are Western countries benefiting from them. However, we have a permanent veto on the Security Council, which is the only part of the U.N. that can send troops anywhere.

What Kerry wants from the U.N. is an international rebuilding effort. Obviously, the security burden is on those who broke Iraq - the U.S. and Britain, basically. But the U.N. can and should have a role in helping to rebuild the country. Over 90% of U.N. funds go towards development efforts - for the most part, development is what the U.N. does. And for them to not be involved in Iraq, because Bush has a personal grudge against them and would rather throw money down the corrupt sinkhole called Halliburton/Brown & Root is foolhardy at best, petty and detrimental to the extreme.

10-03-2004, 09:57 AM	#15 (permalink)
guy44 Somnabulist Location: corner of No and Where	Anyone who actually believes that Kerry would give any control over U.S. military forces to the United Nations is smoking something truly amazing. Of course he wouldn't. No president would. The U.N. is broken, but only insofar as it accedes to U.S. pressure all the time. The General Assembly will always pass anti-Israel, anti-U.S., anti-Western resolutions as every state gets an equal vote, and there are way more small, undeveloped countries suffering from international regime rules than there are Western countries benefiting from them. However, we have a permanent veto on the Security Council, which is the only part of the U.N. that can send troops anywhere. What Kerry wants from the U.N. is an international rebuilding effort. Obviously, the security burden is on those who broke Iraq - the U.S. and Britain, basically. But the U.N. can and should have a role in helping to rebuild the country. Over 90% of U.N. funds go towards development efforts - for the most part, development is what the U.N. does. And for them to not be involved in Iraq, because Bush has a personal grudge against them and would rather throw money down the corrupt sinkhole called Halliburton/Brown & Root is foolhardy at best, petty and detrimental to the extreme. __________________ "You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats press one, or say 'goats.'"