The EU And The UN

 

1. I agree. Further more, why should they have 2 permanent members on the security council?

   Texas, as a once independent republic, could make an equivalent claim of any EU member’s right to retain individual representation in the UN.

   And as a matter of perspective, France is about the size and population of Texas.

   There is a perfect opportunity here to bitch-slap the French into reality in a most diplomatic way.

   Posted by iopian       02/23/2005  at  10:55 AM  



2. May I caution the readers that in order for the UN to come into existence in the first place, the Soviets demanded and got extra votes in the General Assembly. Said two extra votes for the Byelorussian SSR and the Ukrainian SSR.

   I wouldn’t put it past the Europeans to try the same tactic.

   Posted by Macker       02/23/2005  at  11:22 AM  



3. Thoughts?  Get the US out of the UN and get the UN out of the US!!!!  I said from the beginning that the EU was going to be nothing more than “Soviet-light.”

   On the positive side, the UN is really nothing more than a country club of idiots, a barking dog with no teeth, and it only has the power it can derive from its member nations; so it really is an inconsequential organization when all the dust is settled.

   Any questions?

   Posted by Illegitimi Non Carborundum       02/23/2005  at  06:32 PM  



4. Tell the UN where they can go and what they can do when they get there. They need us a hell of a lot more than we need them. Give them 24 hours to get out of the country, then bomb their headquarters.

   Posted by Wyrm       02/24/2005  at  10:22 AM  



5. I was thinking more about this earlier today, after my first post, and since we’re not going to tell the UN to go kick rocks (much as I and many other people wish we would), if the countries of the EU each get a seat/vote at the UN, then each state in the United States should get the same. Let’s include territories, too. So thats 50 states, the District of Corruption, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Thats 54 votes/seats, just with those I named. How many have I left out, if any?

   Fair is fair, Euroweenies. They wanna play, I say we play, but by OUR rules.

   Posted by Wyrm       02/24/2005  at  09:53 PM  

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