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Offline GtoRA2

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« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2005, 09:59:49 AM »
How could an Idea like the UN be improved? All I can see if giving it more power and or it's own troops.


I would never be able to support another power having any say in the US period.


our politicians should be all about the US and its people and everyone else comes second.
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« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2005, 10:34:05 AM »
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Sounds like the perfect man to deal with the UN for the United States.

The u.n is a sad joke.


League Of Nations
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« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2005, 04:20:38 PM »
Nothing better than a representative of your Country who everyone knows hates the institution he is SERVING...

Brilliant!

Bolton's own words make him look like the dumbest choice on Earth, and then his former colleague called him a jerk before the Senate.

Brilliant!

Maybe we can get Hitler to run the Simon Wiesenthal center too!!??
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« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2005, 05:01:28 PM »
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Nothing better than a representative of your Country who everyone knows hates the institution he is SERVING...


MT, you are completely correct in that sarcasm. What you apparently do not understand is that he is "serving" the USA not the UN. Think about it.
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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2005, 08:36:36 AM »
Looks like even some republicans agree with me...


"After two hours of rancorous debate and repeated attempts by the Republican chair to call a vote, Ohio Republican George Voinovich spoke up.

"I've heard enough today that I don't feel comfortable voting for Mr. Bolton," he said.

Several Republicans on the committee echoed that sentiment, delaying the vote."

 

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Offline lazs2

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« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2005, 08:43:06 AM »
so your wife agrees with several republican?

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Offline slimm50

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« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2005, 08:43:33 AM »
Watched the films. So far I agree with everything Bolton said. I think he's just teh right guy for the position. Last thing we need in there is a suck-up liberal weenie.
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« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2005, 09:19:08 AM »
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Nothing better than a representative of your Country who everyone knows hates the institution he is SERVING...

Brilliant!

Bolton's own words make him look like the dumbest choice on Earth, and then his former colleague called him a jerk before the Senate.

Brilliant!

Maybe we can get Hitler to run the Simon Wiesenthal center too!!??


He is not there to "SERVE THE INSTITUTION" is is there to serve the United States.
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« Reply #23 on: April 20, 2005, 09:53:00 AM »
true.  but is it really in our best interests to send someone who publicly holds contempt for the interests of others?

james baker.  now he would have made a great un ambassador.
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« Reply #24 on: April 20, 2005, 10:08:06 AM »
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Like an old worn out tool, it's time for the UN to be replaced.

The League of Nations was a great concept and a large step forward at the time. However, it proved unequal to the task, self-destructed and served as the guide for the follow-on idea after WW2.

The UN was the follow-on idea in the aftermath of WW2. It was a great concept and a large step forward at the time. It has clearly proven unequal to the task and it's time to replace it with something better. It's shortcomings are obvious. Next time around we should address those.

The next one will have it's faults too but evolution is the only hope.

It's time for the UN to exit the stage and let evolution bring the next great idea forward.



100 percent in agreement !
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« Reply #25 on: April 20, 2005, 10:10:05 AM »
ya, but will we have to wait until the end of WW3 to get that one in play?

personally, i am for reform not dismantling the sucker.
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« Reply #26 on: April 20, 2005, 10:14:53 AM »
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ya, but will we have to wait until the end of WW3 to get that one in play?

personally, i am for reform not dismantling the sucker.




Ok, What kind of reforms would fix it?
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Offline JB88

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« Reply #27 on: April 20, 2005, 10:27:12 AM »
well, to start with i think that each session should open with a multinational team of scantilly clad cheerleaders.


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« Reply #28 on: April 20, 2005, 10:33:45 AM »
i tend to see the united nations as something akin to a poorly developed neighborhood association with the us at this point acting the part of that bossy little ahole that has to have its way.  

nothing against the us.  (my country) but i think that our expectations of it are a bit two faced.

i dont lend alot of credence to its existance as a governing body in the sense that it should be able to exert force, but i DO value it as a forum for which to coordinate global efforts in aid and maintaining collective order in hot spots by agreement of its component nations.

i feel that it is absolutley neccessary to push for more democratic reform in the UN.

the idea of permanent members of a security council makes little sense in my democratic mind.  

i think that representatives should be elected not appointed and i think that it should have a better sense of checks and balances.

a few thoughts to start.
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« Reply #29 on: April 20, 2005, 10:37:58 AM »
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Maybe we can get Hitler to run the Simon Wiesenthal center too!!??
Yo dawg, the Hits dead.
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