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To: tejek who wrote (170356)	6/2/2003 6:44:06 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583493

Treaties and alliances don't give other countries a vote. They are a promise that your country will act in certain ways or not do certain things. There is a difference between 1 - Promising I will do X, and 2 - giving you a vote as to whether I will do X or not. In some cases there is some sort of voting procedure built in to the treaty but even that doesn't give the treaty members a direct vote on the members action. They would only get such a vote if it went beyond a treaty to a confederation, some sort of loose multinational government. The votes that do happen in the UN or in NAFTA don't directly or strongly bind the US and only cover areas covered by the treaty. I take it then that you would prefer the US to go it alone. At times yes. I think the US can and should consider the ideas and likely reactions of other nations, and sometimes those ideas or reactions will shape America's decision, but the decision is still America's to make. What other countries think should be a factor in our decisions but we do and should maintain freedom of action, other nations get no veto or vote over our actions, they can convince us but not order or forbid us. Tim