The big hurdle for a country like the US is whether she should support the UN to the extent the UN, with support from other countries, became the most powerful military in the world. I don't think the UN should every become so powerful. The UN should be structured in a way that would prevent the UN form ever becoming a unitary, self support, autocratic authority with a life of its own. In other words, the UN should have checks and balance to ensure it remain responsible to the majority of the people of earth, through the representative of the countries.
I think the UN should be structure to require a substantial majority, if not a unanimous vote, before the UN can take action in performing her duties. Regards, LelandJ Leland Jackson wrote: >Right, the UN would be an organization in which each country had >representation. The UN would then be concerned with resolving >international disputes, generally guarding basic human rights, and >encouraging responsible stewardship of our planet. The UN would need to >respect the sovernty of each country to make thier own laws, religious >customs, justice system, and provide their own military forces to >protect against attacks from enemies like neighboring countries, etc. > >Regards, > >LelandJ > > >Ed Leafe wrote: > > > >>On Jan 7, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Leland Jackson wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>>don't forget that the un wants to take our guns so that we can't >>>>defend ourselves from the un and others >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>This is a point that should be negotiable. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> No, this is a strawman. The UN is doing no such thing, but people >>who are unconcerned with truth love to make this claim in order to >>"rile up the masses" against the big bad UN. >> >>-- Ed Leafe >>-- http://leafe.com >>-- http://dabodev.com >> >> >> >> >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
