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2011-07-10 India-Pakistan

India abandons quest for permanent UN Security Council seat

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Posted by Fred 2011-07-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Meh, make the Security Council a Standing Committee of the Whole, then allow teevee.

All vetoes all the time.

Posted by S 2011-07-10 11:45|| 2011-07-10 11:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, everyone should have permanent UN Security Council seats. And baseball bats within easy reach.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-07-10 11:47|| 2011-07-10 11:47|| Front Page Top

#3 "India abandons quest for permanent UN Security Council seat"

If they were smart, they'd abandon the whole Useless Nitwits.

As would we.

Posted by Barbara 2011-07-10 12:06|| 2011-07-10 12:06|| Front Page Top

#4 I still think the US should have championed all of them getting permanent seats. Dilute the UN's power if it works, or more likely force the Chinese, French and Russians to veto the idea and be the bad guys.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-07-10 15:13|| 2011-07-10 15:13|| Front Page Top

#5 VARIOUS MIL FORUM BLOGGERS = argue that ...

> Its all-but-useless for Indjuh to be on the UNSC iff it doesn't have a permanent seat.
India did NOT consider China to be on the same geopol level as the US or USSR during the Cold War - China should not a permanent seat in the UNSC iff India doesn't.
> UNSC permament membership, or lack of same, will not stop India from expanding its econ andor improving its strategic nuclear arsenals, etc. NOR STOP IT FROM ULTIMATELY BECOM A GLOBAL COMPETITOR OR PARTNET OF EITHER THE US OR [post-US]CHINA.
> India had a long-standing, post-WW2 policy during the Cold War of remaining neutral between the US-NATO + Soviet Bloc, hence does not fear any major loss to its credibility or prestige by not having a permanent seat on the UNSC.

MANY INDIAN BLOGGERS ALSO LABEL THE UN AS THE "USELESS NITWITS" + OTHER, + BELIEVE THAT A NON-ALIGNED/INDEPEND NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER INDIA WILL BE FAR BETTER FOR INDIA'S INTERESTS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-07-10 22:03|| 2011-07-10 22:03|| Front Page Top

#6 DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > HUJI THREATENS TO ATTACK PAKISTAN'S HIGH COMMISSION IN INDIA, + the Pak Foreign Office-Secretary + top diplomats iff Islamabad refuses to stop sharing Intel on the Group [Ilyas Kasmiri]wid New Delhi.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-07-10 22:38|| 2011-07-10 22:38|| Front Page Top

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