The UN has turned out to be even worse than I had imagined (hard to believe) and it is currently giving Bush and especially Powell fits.
But let me ask you a question -- the next time a US president feels strongly that for the good of our nation we need to launch a strike against another country (or do anything else, for that matter), do you really think there is even the slightest chance that it will be submitted before the UN??????
The UN has made itself totally, utterly, irrelevant.
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Well, Bush is still asking for a U.N. resolution so our leader who you respect disagree's with you on this one. Also 80% of the British are against supporting us without the UN's support so almost an entire nation disagree's with you on this one. Also that 80% figure drops DRAMATICALLY if there is a UN approval. I can't recall the exact numbers but I believe it drops to around 60% or less being against the war. Maybe a lot less than that. In short though the number goes from 80% against backing us, to 60% percent against or even less. That is the difference between a steep hill to climb and political suicide. The numbers work in a similar fashion in Germany and several other western countries we would like supporting our war efforts. So I am not sure how you can say the U.N. is irrelevant and be serious.
Would a future President ignore the U.N. ?
If we were attacked Pearl Harbor style and the U.N. and the rest of the world offered no help I would hope the President would ignore the U.N. We actually had a great amount of sympathy and help from the world after 9/11. I think Bush has Bungled the war on terrorism so badly no one trusts us any more and I personally cannot blame them.
We don't see eye to eye on this one.
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