Comments on: Set the clock for 17 years and 41 resolutions… http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/ Specializing in Bovine Fecal Detection Since January of 2002 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-187380 Dave Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-187380 Um, what's a neocon? Um, what’s a neocon?

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-187379 Vinny Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-187379 1. The myriad of resolutions against Israel are not enforceable militarily or by force.. 2. Every country wants a UN that enforces their resolutions. 3. Right now, it seems the UN has a problem enforcing <strong>any</strong> resolutions, or even coming to an agreement on what should be discussed (Rwanda, anyone?) My point is that a strong UN that actually backed up its words would be welcome. Right now, you just have an impotent body who sits there yelling at folks who laugh at them because they know they're not going to be the first country the UN really acts against. Hell, the UN couldn't even agree to condemn suicide bombings. I'd say that's pretty damned impotent. 1. The myriad of resolutions against Israel are not enforceable militarily or by force..

2. Every country wants a UN that enforces their resolutions.

3. Right now, it seems the UN has a problem enforcing any resolutions, or even coming to an agreement on what should be discussed (Rwanda, anyone?)

My point is that a strong UN that actually backed up its words would be welcome. Right now, you just have an impotent body who sits there yelling at folks who laugh at them because they know they’re not going to be the first country the UN really acts against.

Hell, the UN couldn’t even agree to condemn suicide bombings. I’d say that’s pretty damned impotent.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-187378 Jeff Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-187378 ?...I don't discuss the neocons with any bit of routine. The neocons to me seem like a very small group of people. There are still a lot of people in this country that don't want the UN to have a big stick. And I suspect the neocons don't really want a strong UN either. They want one that listens to them and enforces <b>their</b> resolutions. That doesn't say "big stick" to me. Because what happens when the big strong UN wants to enforce something against the interests of the US? Can you imagine the position that Israel would be in if the UN could actually enforce something against them? My point is people don't want a strong UN. They really don't. They don't want a strong worldwide quasi government. The rhetoric of the 90s and the Contract with America is just an example of that. ?…I don’t discuss the neocons with any bit of routine. The neocons to me seem like a very small group of people.

There are still a lot of people in this country that don’t want the UN to have a big stick. And I suspect the neocons don’t really want a strong UN either. They want one that listens to them and enforces their resolutions. That doesn’t say “big stick” to me. Because what happens when the big strong UN wants to enforce something against the interests of the US? Can you imagine the position that Israel would be in if the UN could actually enforce something against them?

My point is people don’t want a strong UN. They really don’t. They don’t want a strong worldwide quasi government. The rhetoric of the 90s and the Contract with America is just an example of that.

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-187377 Vinny Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-187377 You're kidding right? The Contract With America? HAHAHAHAHAHAH Dude... Are you seriously saying the Neocons who people like you routinely discuss <strong>wouldn't</strong> love the UN to enforce their resolutions? You’re kidding right?

The Contract With America?

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Dude… Are you seriously saying the Neocons who people like you routinely discuss wouldn’t love the UN to enforce their resolutions?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-187376 Jeff Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:24:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-187376 Nathalie, not trying to be snotty here but would you <i>like</i> to give the UN the big stick? The UN is what its member countries make it. I don't think any of those countries (including the US, remember <a href="http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/CONTRACT.html" rel="nofollow">No U.S. troops under U.N. command</a> and all of that rhetoric in the Contract w/ America) want a strong UN. Nathalie, not trying to be snotty here but would you like to give the UN the big stick? The UN is what its member countries make it. I don’t think any of those countries (including the US, remember No U.S. troops under U.N. command and all of that rhetoric in the Contract w/ America) want a strong UN.

]]> By: nathalie http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-187375 nathalie Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-187375 I don't think that "rational" and "diplomacy" can be used in the context of Syria, but that's another issue altogether. The UN is all talk, no action, and all the tyrannies in the world know it. They still don't get the part about carrying the "big stick"... I don’t think that “rational” and “diplomacy” can be used in the context of Syria, but that’s another issue altogether.

The UN is all talk, no action, and all the tyrannies in the world know it. They still don’t get the part about carrying the “big stick”…

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-187374 Vinny Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-187374 Diplomacy is fine, but strong words with a crowd unwilling to back them up with strong deeds is utterly useless. Diplomacy is fine, but strong words with a crowd unwilling to back them up with strong deeds is utterly useless.

]]> By: justis http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-187373 justis Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-187373 Yeah! Those impotent U.N. bastards... Whatever happened to the good old days when war was the preferred method for solving international problems, and rational diplomacy was a last resort? Yeah! Those impotent U.N. bastards…

Whatever happened to the good old days when war was the preferred method for solving international problems, and rational diplomacy was a last resort?

]]> By: justis http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-8758 justis Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-8758 Yeah! Those impotent U.N. bastards... Whatever happened to the good old days when war was the preferred method for solving international problems, and rational diplomacy was a last resort? Yeah! Those impotent U.N. bastards…

Whatever happened to the good old days when war was the preferred method for solving international problems, and rational diplomacy was a last resort?

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-8759 Vinny Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-8759 Diplomacy is fine, but strong words with a crowd unwilling to back them up with strong deeds is utterly useless. Diplomacy is fine, but strong words with a crowd unwilling to back them up with strong deeds is utterly useless.

]]> By: nathalie http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-8760 nathalie Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-8760 I don't think that "rational" and "diplomacy" can be used in the context of Syria, but that's another issue altogether. The UN is all talk, no action, and all the tyrannies in the world know it. They still don't get the part about carrying the "big stick"... I don’t think that “rational” and “diplomacy” can be used in the context of Syria, but that’s another issue altogether.

The UN is all talk, no action, and all the tyrannies in the world know it. They still don’t get the part about carrying the “big stick”…

]]> By: Jeff http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-8761 Jeff Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-8761 Nathalie, not trying to be snotty here but would you <i>like</i> to give the UN the big stick? The UN is what its member countries make it. I don't think any of those countries (including the US, remember <a href="http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/CONTRACT.html" rel="nofollow">No U.S. troops under U.N. command</a> and all of that rhetoric in the Contract w/ America) want a strong UN. Nathalie, not trying to be snotty here but would you like to give the UN the big stick? The UN is what its member countries make it. I don’t think any of those countries (including the US, remember No U.S. troops under U.N. command and all of that rhetoric in the Contract w/ America) want a strong UN.

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-8762 Vinny Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-8762 You're kidding right? The Contract With America? HAHAHAHAHAHAH Dude... Are you seriously saying the Neocons who people like you routinely discuss <strong>wouldn't</strong> love the UN to enforce their resolutions? You’re kidding right?

The Contract With America?

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Dude… Are you seriously saying the Neocons who people like you routinely discuss wouldn’t love the UN to enforce their resolutions?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-8763 Jeff Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-8763 ?...I don't discuss the neocons with any bit of routine. The neocons to me seem like a very small group of people. There are still a lot of people in this country that don't want the UN to have a big stick. And I suspect the neocons don't really want a strong UN either. They want one that listens to them and enforces <b>their</b> resolutions. That doesn't say "big stick" to me. Because what happens when the big strong UN wants to enforce something against the interests of the US? Can you imagine the position that Israel would be in if the UN could actually enforce something against them? My point is people don't want a strong UN. They really don't. They don't want a strong worldwide quasi government. The rhetoric of the 90s and the Contract with America is just an example of that. ?…I don’t discuss the neocons with any bit of routine. The neocons to me seem like a very small group of people.

There are still a lot of people in this country that don’t want the UN to have a big stick. And I suspect the neocons don’t really want a strong UN either. They want one that listens to them and enforces their resolutions. That doesn’t say “big stick” to me. Because what happens when the big strong UN wants to enforce something against the interests of the US? Can you imagine the position that Israel would be in if the UN could actually enforce something against them?

My point is people don’t want a strong UN. They really don’t. They don’t want a strong worldwide quasi government. The rhetoric of the 90s and the Contract with America is just an example of that.

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-8764 Vinny Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-8764 1. The myriad of resolutions against Israel are not enforceable militarily or by force.. 2. Every country wants a UN that enforces their resolutions. 3. Right now, it seems the UN has a problem enforcing <strong>any</strong> resolutions, or even coming to an agreement on what should be discussed (Rwanda, anyone?) My point is that a strong UN that actually backed up its words would be welcome. Right now, you just have an impotent body who sits there yelling at folks who laugh at them because they know they're not going to be the first country the UN really acts against. Hell, the UN couldn't even agree to condemn suicide bombings. I'd say that's pretty damned impotent. 1. The myriad of resolutions against Israel are not enforceable militarily or by force..

2. Every country wants a UN that enforces their resolutions.

3. Right now, it seems the UN has a problem enforcing any resolutions, or even coming to an agreement on what should be discussed (Rwanda, anyone?)

My point is that a strong UN that actually backed up its words would be welcome. Right now, you just have an impotent body who sits there yelling at folks who laugh at them because they know they’re not going to be the first country the UN really acts against.

Hell, the UN couldn’t even agree to condemn suicide bombings. I’d say that’s pretty damned impotent.

]]> By: Dave http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2005/10/31/set-the-clock-for-17-years-and-41-resolutions/#comment-8765 Dave Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=1648#comment-8765 Um, what's a neocon? Um, what’s a neocon?

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