Re: Framework of nations

Cannon Fodder, John, has it's place.

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On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 06:31:30 -0800 (PST) John Atkinson
<johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>--- Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@sympatico.ca>
>wrote:
>
>> If the number of votes in the UN is determined by
>> the amount of funding that nations contribute, the
>> US would be demoted to observer status (but the US's
>> permanenent seat on the Security Council prevents
>> any disciplinary measures being taken against them
>> for failing to pay their
>> dues).
>
>I guess running the logistical support structures for
>every single peacekeeping mission doesn't count for
>much, does it?
>
>Oh, yeah.  And running _all_ of the enforcement
>missions (Korea, Iraq, Balkans) that the UN mandates
>but that the rest of the world combined doesn't have
>the balls or firepower to execute.
>
>The way the dues are split out is fundamentally unfair
>if you take into account the nations that do nothing
>but provide third-rate militia to the occasional
>peacekeeping mission. (Bangladesh et al).  
>
>John
>
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