[helene_t]

luke warm, on Jan 16 2007, 01:27 PM, said:

you're right, the u.s. is not in charge of the world... you're also right that the u.n. has no power over decisions made by the u.s. unless the power is given... isn't the same true in germany?

I'm not saying that the U.S government is not in charge of the World. Nor am I saying that the U.N. has no power to veto decisions made by the U.S. (or the German, or the Naurian) government.

All I'm saying is that if the governements of the U.N. member countries accept that the U.N. is in charge of something (i.e. that it is more than just a coctail party club), then this must necesarily mean all member countries must be willing to live with occasional U.N. decisions that go against their (by their government perceived) interests. Saying that the U.S. reserves the right to use it's de facto power to undermine any decision made by the U.N. is the same as saying that the U.N. is just a coctail party club.

[Al_U_Card]

The UN does a lot of good work, for a bunch of diplomatic dilletantes with no "real" power.

This is all it can realistically expect, given the past-history of international affairs.

Only one force can control the wielding of US military might....and that is the people of the US. Perhaps one of the few countries where this is (still) true. So what are you Yanks waiting for....get off your ever-widening butts and turf Georgie-Boy and his band of psychotics the hell out of office before its too late!

[mike777]

1) A show on NBC this saturday night suggested we draft all the usa people in uniform. This would give us 75 million to send to Iraq.
2) Another option would be to put the UN in charge of the US military.
3) In the USA we got a screwy non parlimentary system so we are stuck with them until the end of their terms in office. We cannot kick them all out in the middle of the term.

[Al_U_Card]

1) including those who say "You want fries with that?"

2) international pressure in all of its forms works when consensus is achieved

3) "Un-impeachable.....that's what you are!" Nat KING Cole.....