Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Ping Kevin G Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:43:44 +0900 Lines: 55 Message-ID: <8rgan0t757nbj9mf8dr8fg7uja6grrcccr@4ax.com> References: <4172A3EF.82EA87C6@yahoo.co.jp> <2tg3c2F1uuvaqU22@uni-berlin.de> <2tg4p3F1utlm9U1@uni-berlin.de> <40o5n0h7p6fj0bcd4rrdgclc0coqaribkp@4ax.com> <2tggp2F1uuvaqU25@uni-berlin.de> <v3a7n056ot1ej3j5gtdgrd4lapubmnbr5s@4ax.com> <4173BA92.E4BBB53A@yahoo.co.jp> <9j08n0pdcgsvcl08g8n0vpbejkiirca3ej@4ax.com> <41745808.3B501187@yahoo.co.jp> <p0t9n0d1sjk7n77at94uu6fff98m0um480@4ax.com> <4174F65D.B390E8C6@yahoo.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de eGO/0jGY/Gg/Zxqtv/B2qwU3dxuOdWsuO5fFpX/XGh533ZLeI= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:19685 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. -- Michael Cash "I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of a high school transcript." Dr. Howard Sprague Dean of Admissions Mount Pilot College