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celticlord2112 -> EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity (12/5/2008 12:21:14 PM)
EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity Multilateralism has a nice global ring to it, but how will there be multilateral anything from the EU if they continue to hand off the worst of the financial crisis to the member nations' central banks? And, with economics rapidly becoming the foremost security issue in every nation, how can the weak, impotent, and ultimately irrelevant United Nations possibly make a difference? In other words, what "opportunity" are they talking about?

SilverMark -> RE: EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity (12/5/2008 12:58:19 PM)
If they think that the UN is the answer they should review the question.

celticlord2112 -> RE: EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity (12/5/2008 1:07:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SilverMark If they think that the UN is the answer they should review the question. Damn it, man, you're not supposed to say things I agree with![8D] (Geesh, let a man have some pastrami and look what happens!)

SilverMark -> RE: EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity (12/5/2008 1:13:25 PM)
LOL....hey, just because I am a liberal and a Democrat doesn't mean I am oblivious!...and I do love my Pastrami!...

rulemylife -> RE: EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity (12/5/2008 1:18:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: celticlord2112 EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity And, with economics rapidly becoming the foremost security issue in every nation, how can the weak, impotent, and ultimately irrelevant United Nations possibly make a difference? Maybe because not everyone views the U.N. as "weak, impotent, and ultimately irrelevant".

celticlord2112 -> RE: EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity (12/5/2008 1:31:11 PM)
quote: Maybe because not everyone views the U.N. as "weak, impotent, and ultimately irrelevant". Perhaps you can demonstrate where they are strong, potent, and relevant? In the real world, that is.

SilverMark -> RE: EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity (12/5/2008 1:38:16 PM)
But who takes them very seriously? It seems most countries only see them as a serious body when it benefits them, much as the U.S. does. We only use the resolutions of the UN to justify our actions and rarely pay attention to them otherwise. They are pretty toothless with no real jurisdiction only opinion. With the U.S. in particular it seems it is the tail trying to wag the dog unless there is a benefit in our acting on thier behalf,or the complaint of the members is so grievous we must act.

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