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2005-09-11 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by john 2005-09-11 14:14|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Japan has more of a right to a permanent seat than France. This seems a logical course for them. Why fund a kleptocracy which provides them no benefit.

Posted by RWV 2005-09-11 15:12|| 2005-09-11 15:12|| Front Page Top

#2 The UN is a dead rat on the kitchen floor. It can't be fixed - because most of the rot has a veto.

Follow Japan's lead - offer 1/191th the cost of whatever the UN does to actually help people, effectively and openly - which might be, what - 5% of its budget? Use the remainder to make the pay of our armed forces more competitive with the commercial market. Put our money where it does us the most good, not the least.

Posted by .com 2005-09-11 15:21|| 2005-09-11 15:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Get rid of the UN!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-09-11 15:23|| 2005-09-11 15:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Withdraw Japanese funding and withdraw U.S. funding; the U.N. will collapse and can be replaced with something more useful for promoting peace and freedom.

Posted by Darrell 2005-09-11 16:20|| 2005-09-11 16:20|| Front Page Top

#5 How much are we going to demand our be cut by? 75%?
I love it when the lefties and Euro weenies go on "you haven't paid the full amount you owe the UN" tangents. Even if we don't it is still multiple times what they pay. Screw this TRANZI crap and get us out of the UN.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-11 16:31|| 2005-09-11 16:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Works for me.

Maybe Japan should be the first country we invite to join the League of Democracies, as we kick the Useless Nitwits out of the U.S.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-09-11 16:58|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-09-11 16:58|| Front Page Top

#7 The logical thing to do is to set up a parallel organization to the UNSC. That is, a new club that only includes the *real* powers, military and economic.

There should be three tiers to the club:

The first tier would be veto members. Those that have a significant military and would agree to commit permanent resources, men, money, and guns, to a permanent garrison located in a neutral host country or countries around the world. This garrison would conduct peacekeeping and nationbuilding operations around the world, where violence and chaos require armed forces.

Most likely this first tier would include only the US, Russia, China, Japan, India, and perhaps the EU. Though there are several serious contenders who may wish to ante up a decade in advance.

The second tier would be voting members without veto. That is, nations that are powerful but unwilling to commit forces to perform mutual operations involving force. They commit forces and money only in support of humanitarian missions.

The third tier and blocs and NGOs that act in support and advisory roles to the club. These could be organizations such as SEATO, the African Union, the Int'l Red Thingy, and several others. They could assist in the debate, if requested, but would have no vote.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-11 17:08|| 2005-09-11 17:08|| Front Page Top

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