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To: brian1501 who wrote (206156)	10/12/2004 2:08:45 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576479

I'm with him for the most part. With who? We should retain our seat at the UN, but boot them out of the country and reduce our $$ to them. Which makes what contribution exactly towards cooperation among nations? Al

To: brian1501 who wrote (206156)	10/12/2004 4:12:56 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576479

Which would be a tragedy for the world and equal to throwing out the baby with the bath water. The difference between us (people not in the minority as you might suggest) is that we believe in cooperation amond nations as a good, worthy goal, one worth working very hard for, despite the flaws. I'm with him for the most part. We should retain our seat at the UN, but boot them out of the country and reduce our $$ to them. Then we should create another body that only includes democratically elected governments. This is sort-of what NATO is becoming already, just make it official. That's great, Brian. We may have all of 30 nations out of 150 sitting around a table deciding that life is grand while the rest of the world goes to Hades in a handbasket. Following your philosophy, then all treaties will be just with the democracies........say like restraint of nuclear proliferation or the Kyoto Protocol or fishing limits on the open seas. Thirty nations moving one way and the rest of the world moving another way. And of course, such an org. would exclude China........the largest country in the world and a significant player. Sorry......the UN is not the most wonderful org. but its the best this world can come up with at this point. You all want to turn back the clock to a time when Brit and France were the superpowers and made the decisions for the world. Those days are long gone! ted