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Re: So, we need a topic...Lets try this?

Posted By: Olorin (host81-134-12-171.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: 6/4/2003 at 8:26 p.m.

In Response To: Re: So, we need a topic...Lets try this? (Phil)

: This is an interesting idea, and you're not the first to
: suggest something along these lines, but I think that
: it's a little needlessly complex. For starters, there
: is already a system similar to this already in place.
: The Security Council can call for a U.N. Peace-Keeping
: Force to enter a troubled area in an attempt to bring
: a stop to conflicts and resolve violations of
: International Law. Generally the U.S. plays a
: significant role in U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces as it
: did during the Bosnian conflict. Waging a "silent
: war" is not a good idea because if our motives
: are altruistic we want them and our actions to be as
: visible as possible to rule out any ulterior motives.

Ah, by silent I did not mean all covered-up, but rather trying to avoid civilians as much as is possible. As oppsoed to the easier method of "hmm...cluster bombs...nothing worng with them..."

: As for the turmoil that ensues when a nation finds itself
: without a government (as Iraq finds itself now), there
: are no easy answers. The most direct solution when the
: United Nations is involved would be for the U.N.
: Security Forces to keep the peace while the country is
: restructured politically. Only after a Constitution is
: created and a system of individual rights is
: established can autonomous authority start being
: retuned to the nation.

Yep, UN should look after the palce and help it to stand on its legs, and afterwards offer support during the country's own new government's rule.

: Perhaps not, but its interpretation does. Besides, a
: country's first priority is, and should be, to its own
: people. That's the whole idea behind a country. It's
: natural for a nation to act in its own best interests
: first. That's why the U.N. exists, to provide a forum
: where countries can work toward a compromise in which
: they all sacrifice a little to get most of what they
: want.

: -Phil.

Ah, but if everyone worked together, we'd all get our best interests served (unless we're selfish). ;)

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