----- Original Message ----- From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:51 PM Subject: RE: US Unilateralism
> > > John D. Giorgis wrote: > > > With that being said, has anybody noticed that the United > > States has now > > let the United Nations deliberate for nearly two months (and > > counting) on > > its dispute with Iraq? > > <g> > > "..the US has *let* the UN deliberate..."? > > Interesting terminology there, JDG. :) I think John meant "let" the UN debate endlessly without the US taking any further action unilaterally or otherwise. I know its fairly fashionable for Non-Americans to view the US government in as cynical a light as possible, but it is a bit less than nice to take the same approach with individual Americans. The point I'm trying to make is that your response has the effect of being more polarizing than Johns original statement. I dont think that was your intent, I know you better than that, you are most certainly one of the "Good" people I know, and one of the more consistantly reasonable ones. I think all of us could take a moment to wear someone elses shoes and see how our words would sound to their ears. (Sheesh, what a sentence) > > > Does anyone know if the rest of the world is giving the US credit for > > sticking with the multilateral approach, and engaging both > > its allies and > > the UNSC members in very long and difficult negotiations, and working > > towards an ultimate resolution in the United Nations that > > will not contain > > a lot of the things that the US was originally looking for? > > No more credit than the world gave other countries for not provoking an > unnecessary war in an unprecedentedly irrational manner, no. > > Is the US *looking* for more credit than that? > Maybe what John is looking for is credit for showing some restraint. There is quite a bit of impetus for attacking Iraq. There are some good reasons to do so. I think it is fairly certain that the US will attack Iraq at some point, with or without the UNs blessing. Yet the US has so far complied and "let" the UN exercise its legalistic sophistry in eternal debates that exist as not much more than political wankery. One would have to have ignored Iraq for the last couple of decades to believe they are not currently engaged in making WOMD. Its a silly argument. xponent Off To Bed Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
