UN wants more respect from US

[Nilsen]

How old are you lazs2?

[Elfie]

Lazs is older than dirt.

[storch]

Lazs is so old he farts dust

[Octavius]

old folks fart lazs

[bj229r]

Originally posted by Momus--

If the UN is so irrelevant, why did Bush, Powell et al frame a large part of their argument for attacking Iraq in terms of non-compliance with UN resolutions? Anyone?

If the UN is so irrelevant, why did Bush appeal for UN assistance in the Iraq reconstruction effort? Answer?

To placate the leftists in OUR country (i.e. the MEDIA), who place much stock in the leftists of the U.N.

[Skuzzy]

Originally posted by Octavius
old folks fart lazs

At least those old farts smell better than the young ones.  

[lazs2]

yep... old and feeble... barely strong enough to squeeze the trigger.

lazs

[Schism]

The UN has never been able to maintain or complete a peace keeping mission without strong support from the US military.  Not to mention that the UN leaders are corrupt.  But sadly most politicians from any and all countries are corrupt in one way or the other.  Plus the UN is a reactive and not a proactive unit and they are slow to react.  When there is a crisis, by the time they come to a conclusion on what to do the crisis is either over or has escalated to beyond their capability.

[Schism]

Originally posted by Tac
I've said it back then and i'll say it again: Why can't people stop regurgitating what the boob toob tells them?

Iraq's threat was WMD's. It was removed. Was it Nuclear? I dont know. But they were working on it.

Bio-Chems?? YES.

People freak out with the atomic bomb yet fail to realize that chemical weapons and biologicals are far deadlier, far easier to produce and far easier to 'deploy' . Iraq had bio-chems and HAD used them against its own population.

After the first gulf war it became clear that Hussein was not only willing to invade its neighbors but also AFTER his defeat he became MORE likely to export such weapon tech.

Thus that threat had to be removed. And the threat are not the stockpiles of weapons but the SCIENTISTS and the infrastructure used to create the weapons. It really is better to sell the secret of how to make a weapon than to sell the actual weapon especially if your country is being blockaded.

Thus the US and allied forces went in and took out as many of the scientists and infrastructure to make these weapons.

However, try explaining THAT to the average tv viewer around the world. This is beyond their capability to think and understand. Its far easier to give them the 'nuke' word (which they do understand) as a reason even if later on it is proven there were no nukes. Heck even now i doubt people will understand the nature of the threat.

And yes, the UN is completely useless for global military matters and decisions. Too many interests colliding and make it ineffective. It is a good humanitarian institution but really, they should give up on the 'world police'  aspect of it and concentrate on the law, bussiness and humanitarian side.

The UN would work if it had its own military but that will never happen.

AMEN!!!  I could not agree more.