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2003-03-16 International

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-16 12:19 pm|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 *nods* damn right.

Posted by Ptah 2003-03-16 15:01:36|| 2003-03-16 15:01:36|| Front Page Top

#2 I think that organizations like world health, ICAO, mail, and others mentioned above will work well under international agreements, and not under the auspices of a high overhead parent organization. We do not want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. These good institutions need to be nurtured and the UN and all its corruption needs the old heave ho. Keep the other organizations lean so they do not become like the UN or the (in)famous IOC. The useful international institutions also need some mechanism for periodic performance review to keep them relevant and honest.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-16 15:57:05|| 2003-03-16 15:57:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, I used to think the "U.S. out of the U.N." ranters were whackos. Now I am one!

Posted by Parabellum 2003-03-16 16:43:55|| 2003-03-16 16:43:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Agreed - when we have to bargain with Guinea, Mexico and Chile to implement our national defense means, the American people can understand how ludicrous it is - UN to Paris - Now!

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-16 16:53:41|| 2003-03-16 16:53:41|| Front Page Top

#5 I can almost understand negotiating with other democratically oriented nations to push for coordinated military action-- it's hard for me to accept the Iraqi delegation heading a committee on Disarmament, or the Libyan delegation heading the Council on Human Rights.

It would be preferable if the UN were to implement serious sweeping reforms, but the ship is so corrupt it may be better to sink the darn thing and rebuild it with a "Six Sigma" approach in mind. Of course, the rest of the World at Large will hate us for our arrogance when we flush the UN down the commode... but what else is new?

Posted by Lexicon 2003-03-16 21:48:06|| 2003-03-16 21:48:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Lexicon---The rest of the world will hate us, but after we move on, they will readjust themselves to the new reality or they will stand at the bus stop and watch the bus pull away. Real leadership means that one is not necessarily popular. I am with you. Open the bloody seacocks and send the UN to Davy Jones' locker. I sure do not see much salvagable in her rotting hull.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-16 23:13:39|| 2003-03-16 23:13:39|| Front Page Top

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