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2005-06-17 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by Steve White 2005-06-17 00:03|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh yeah, the ChiComs will sit still for this, lol!

I cannot see anything that all five perm UNSC members agree on and would all vote "Yes" on. This expansion thing, unless somebody seriously screws up or pulls a massive under the table deal, just won't happen - especially if a veto is attached.

Tear it up and start over. What we have just won't work - it's fatally flawed. It's worse than worthless, it's expensive and divisive over everything, from trivia to genocide. *flush*

Start over or put the whole freakin' idea on ice.

Posted by .com 2005-06-17 00:44|| 2005-06-17 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 hear that noise? that was history jibbing

Posted by Half 2005-06-17 14:07|| 2005-06-17 14:07|| Front Page Top

#3 .Com, if the Chinese will never allow the addition of Japan then the US has nothing to lose and everything to gain by championing the Japanese seat. We can look good to the Japanese while showing the world how impossible the UN really is when the number 2 economy in the world doesn't qualify.

Posted by RJSchwarz 2005-06-17 19:01|| rjschwarz.com]">[rjschwarz.com] 2005-06-17 19:01|| Front Page Top

#4 RJS - I would agree if I thought it could be / should be reformed - and was thus attempting to rally support. But I don't think that at all. I think it's a dead rat on the kitchen floor. :-)

Posted by .com 2005-06-17 19:08|| 2005-06-17 19:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Whilst I agree the UN is unreformable, it doenst mean the US shouldn't play the game. The US is saying 'if we are going to reform the UNSC, this is how we would do it using our criteria.' I think the un-named second country is India. The 'reforms' can now progress towards their inevitable failure, without the US being seen to obstruct the process. Otherwise I think the new members should have vetos, not least because it dilutes the French/China/Russia vetos.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-17 19:30|| 2005-06-17 19:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe we oughta clean up what's there before making any changes?

Just a thought...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-06-17 20:30|| 2005-06-17 20:30|| Front Page Top

#7 remember how, when you were a kid, you sat at the kids' table and decisions were something you got on a rare basis? Remember how later, you got to sit atth eadults' table but didn't get all teh adult privileges? Like how Mom got Jack Daniels in a water glass....

oh, wait, nevermind

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-17 20:31|| 2005-06-17 20:31|| Front Page Top

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