SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: RetiredNow who wrote (279141)3/8/2006 7:29:35 PM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) of 1572099
 
You tell me. Did it have anything to do with the fact that the UN would have taken too long to stop the genocide and he wasn't sure the UN Security Council members wouldn't veto any decision to actually act in the best interests of the victims?

Sort of...in fact he knew for sure that russia would veto it. It has to do with the fact that Russians, a permanent voting member of the security council, consider themselves blood brothers of serbians. There is a tremendous bond between them. It is the reason Europe let such a sore fester in its backyard for so long....fear of what russia would do if they intervened. Clinton had to take the Europeans by the hand and re-assure them that the US would balance a russian response. Remember the russian take over of the Pristina airport during the kosovo invasion? Pretty tense moments there when the russian divisions were squared up against Nato in kosovo.

Wow. That sounds shockingly familiar. Darfur anyone? It's really not any wonder that the U.S. has no confidence in the U.N. any more.

The UN is as strong as its members want it to be. If there is discord among them, the UN is ineffective. Ask yourself what role has the US played to strenghten the UN in recent years? The US can turn the UN very easily into fulfilling a cynical profecy, particularly if the political mood in the country is folllows your sentiments above.

Al
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News