Re: Tuffleyverse, States of Europe

In a message dated 08/21/1999 3:14:37 PM Central Daylight Time, 
niall@gonegold.com writes:

> Of
>  course one I haven't heard before is that the UN is just a cypher of
one
>  of the major factions.  Pretty much reflecting the UN as it stands
today
>  being essentially another tool of US/Nato policy makers.

In my distorted Tuffleyverse this somewhat the case.  In my version of
the 
timeline [www.members.xoom.com/bstraycat/ft/timeline.htm], the United
States 
held together, but returned for a time to her isolationist roots.  The
FSE 
stepped up to take on more of the leadership roles in the UN.  At the 
present, my timeline has the UNSC relying on primarily FSE- and US-built
and 
manned warships for its patrol duties.	

In the REAL Tuffleyverse, it is my opinion that the UN and its Space
Command 
are still the scenes for in-house struggles among the major powers, as
the UN 
seems to have been in it's birth century.  However, I do think that
there 
would be a leader-nation who would provide a great deal of the personnel
and 
materiel for the organization.	If I have to choose, I'd say the ESU has
the 
best shot of dominating the UN.

Bill Shatswell