----- 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. :) > > > 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. > Why I can see being opposed to attacking Iraq, I'm rather surprised by your language. 1) Do you think that Iraq is not in material breach of the provisions that ended the Gulf War? My understanding is that Iraq agreed to regular inspections, and that it was understood that they were required and would be backed with force if need be. 2) Do you think that it doesn't matter, the US has nuclear weapons, India has nuclear weapons, why shouldn't Iraq? 3) Do you think that the sanctions should be lifted, giving Iraq about $50 billion a year in disposable income that can be used on weapons? 4) Do you think the sanctions should be continued? I realize that you view Pakistan dimly, and have some grounds for that. However, I'm not really sure that a world in which 5-10 dictatorships are able to blackmail all the other countries in the world, because their leaders are willing to risk everything for their own power. The US was overwhelmingly fortunate that its nuclear advisory was the USSR, not Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan. As far as I can see, the protection of the UN is virtually worthless. Examples of this include Israel and Kosova, and While, at the same time, there is some validity in protection offered by the US. Examples of this are Israel, S. Korea, Bosnia, and Taiwan. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
