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Originally Posted by punky
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Originally Posted by Graham
To quote Churchill "'Jaw jaw' is better than 'war war'"
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Hmmm. I am glad he didn't think that during World War 2, or we could be jaw-jawing in German right now. |
Predictable answer #1
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Because if anything happens that someone (usually the Americans) doesn't like (such as condemning Israel for Human Rights abuses) the Yanks veto it.
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Which is much worse than France threatening to veto any second resolution regardless of what it says?
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Which country holds the record for the most number of vetos of UN resolution???
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There is a big difference between vocally condeming someone, and removing a tyrannical dictator and his sons, who used to torture people for fun.
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And again I point out all the *other* countries in the world who have dictatorial leaders who torture or abuse or starve their populations...
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Fine, why don't you put yourself up for the job since you know what's wrong and I'm sure you know how to fix it too... 
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That's funny coming from you. Whenever anyone asks you what you'll do in a situation, you just say its not you job to fix things, only criticise.[/quote]
And that's predictable answer #3 (and a total failure of your irony detector).
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If I did at least one half-decent thing for the UN, I would have done more than Annan ever has.
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The point is that being Secretary General of the US isn't some sort of cushy sinecure to be glibly dismissed as you seem to want to do, it's a bloody difficult job and frankly I think anyone who has it should get proper support, not constant carping from people who are doing their damndest to make his job even more difficult for him.