Jason Cormier wrote:
> On 7/3/03 19:50, in article be2fg0$kgua$1@ID-105084.news.dfncis.de,
> "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://washingtontimes.com/world/20030701-115649-1264r.htm
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> "Many of those most opposed to the U.S.-led effort in Iraq
>>>>>>>>>>> now argue that American participation is vital to the
>>>>>>>>>>> success of a proposed 5,000-strong multinational
>>>>>>>>>>> peacekeeping mission to enforce a cease-fire. Among them
>>>>>>>>>>> are U.N. Secretary-General 
>>>>>>>>>>> Kofi Annan, leading European powers ? including France ? and
>>>>>>>>>>> the editorial page of the New York Times."
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Why does a country with 6% of the world's population pay 22%
>>>>>>>>>> of the UN's expenses?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Because said country agreed to do so.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Nobody ran a chit by me.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Nobody asked you if the US should fund a Navy, either.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jason, I have to apologize for that practical joke I pulled on
>>>>>> you. Remember when I gave you that copy of the U.S.
>>>>>> Constitution? Well, 
>>>>>> I erased Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 from it. Sorry about
>>>>>> that. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> You seem to have missed the point.
>>>> 
>>>> The point seemed to be that Mike hadn't consented to the United
>>>> States funding a navy.
>>> 
>>> So you *do* get it. I have to then wonder why you needed to post a
>>> silly irrelevance such as you have above....
>> 
>> Nothing silly about it at all. Mike consents by virtue of his US
>> citizenship. Or, perhaps you don't believe in the social contract
>> theory of government.
> 
> Does not the US Constitution gives exclusive jurisdiction in foreign
> affairs to the federal government? 

Yes.

> Explain to me how he does not also
> consent to the government making the decision to be a member of the
> UN by virtue of his citizenship.

Why would I explain a position that I don't hold?

-- 
Kevin Gowen
"It hurts when my 8-year-old daughter wants to go to the movies or even
have a meal at McDonald's and I have to say, 'No, Mommy can't afford
it.' If I had gotten a tax cut, I would spend it on the mountain of
bills that face me. Like millions of other working people, I would have
put that money right back into the economy."    
- Margaret Gaffin, who does not understand that to be eligible for a
tax cut, one must pay taxes