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Thursday, March 27, 2003
posted by gbarto at 1:07 AM:
Two UN related posts from Cicero, one on Liebermann, one on UN jurisdiction. I do think pull-out is possible for the simple reason that the UN barely exists as fact. Though it torments the US plenty, it is subject to our will. The UN has yet to do much of anything unless it was the US doing it under UN auspices. And our presence in Iraq demonstrates its impotence when it challenges us. Loss of our money, our troops and our other supports would codify the UN as exactly what it has already been when we've been busy or indifferent: a forum for petty tyrants to rail against us and pass resolutions whose sole effect is to make impotent nations feel better about themselves. Because the UN needs the US far more than the other way around - we're the only nation that ever makes its declarations truly credible. Which means Liebermann's on the mark: we should take whatever political hits we take because rebuilding Iraq the right way will earn us far more respect than the blessings of the UN could ever confer.* * *
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