Post A Reply
my profile
|
directory
login
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
Flare Sci-Fi Forums
»
Community
»
The Flameboard
»
Is the U.N. Relevant?
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message:
HTML is enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] As much as I hate to say it, I have to agree with your assessment there -- the UN is no longer relevant... in the arena of "power politics," anyway. The purpose of the Security Council to promote "international peace and security" no longer operates -- either to approve the US's position against Iraq (which in that line of reasoning probably could/should have been done months ago) or else to decisively stop the US from its rampant warmongering against Iraq. The ironic thing is, one of the little-known functions of the UN Security Council (or the General Assembly, I'm not sure which TBH) is that it can declare one side of a conflict to be the "aggressor nation," and bring the full political and economic weight of the UN against that nation. For instance, at the beginning of the Korean War, North Korea was declared an aggressor nation and was slapped with full sanctions and authorized the organization of an international military force (US-led, of course) to fight. But the point was that EVERYONE was pitching in -- theoretically it was The World vs. North Korea there. Now, in holding that same idea to be true, wouldn't that principle apply to the United States? (This assumes that the UN refuses to declare Iraq in material breach before the US attacks.) The US could/should be declared an aggressor nation. Of course, the realities of the UN and global politics in general means that idea has less than a snowball's chance in hell, but still, it makes you think... And all of a sudden, Q's mention of the "New" United Nations in the TNG premiere doesn't sound so ludicrous, does it? :( [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
© 1999-2024 Charles Capps
Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3