On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:11:25 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
<etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:55:52 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
>> <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>
>> >Michael Cash wrote:
>> >
>> >> Does the General Assembly work that way?
>> >
>> >They don't hold the power.
>>
>> Neither does the Security Council, thank God.
>
>So who decides when and where the UN security force or aid workers and money
>move? The US?

A rephrasing of your question which would more adequately illustrate
my point: "So who decided when and where the UN security force or aid
workers or money DON'T move?"
>
>> I saw a guy on another forum recently who said that Japan shouldn't
>> have a permanent seat on the SC because it was bad enough that Israel
>> follows America's lead and vetoes stuff.
>
>Screw that. I don't want Japan to have a permanent seat because they will
>likely veto any proposed use of force, even to try to help some country like
>Kuwait, Somalia, Sudan, or Bosnia. And they'd still have the same old debates
>even over peacekeeping operations.

I just thought it was interesting that somebody stupid enough to think
Israel has a Security Council veto was not only sharing his ignorance
with the world, but enlarging it into the bargain.
>
>I am curious about what Japan would say about UN sanctions or an invasion on
>North Korea.

The only thing that would bother me about it is that we are downwind.





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                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
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