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Why no one can count on the UN
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<blockquote data-quote="Unintentional" data-source="post: 10720" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><strong>Why no one can count on the UN</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/opinion/25brooks.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/opinion/...n/25brooks.html</a></p><p></p><p>...Americans mustered our outrage at the massacres in Darfur and went to the United Nations.</p><p>...The Russians, who sell military planes to Sudan, decided sanctions would not be in the interests of humanity. The Chinese, whose oil companies have a significant presence in Sudan, threatened a veto. And so began the great watering-down. Finally, a week ago, the Security Council passed a resolution threatening to "consider" sanctions against Sudan at some point, though at no time soon.</p><p></p><p>... Meanwhile helicopter gunships were strafing children in Darfur.</p><p>... For people are still starving and perishing in Darfur.</p><p>... And, meanwhile, 1.2 million were driven from their homes in Darfur.</p><p></p><p> ...The resolution passed, and it was a good day for alliance-nurturing and burden-sharing - for the burden of doing nothing was shared equally by all. And we are by now used to the pattern. Every time there is an ongoing atrocity, we watch the world community go through the same series of stages: (1) shock and concern (2) gathering resolve (3) fruitless negotiation (4) pathetic inaction (5) shame and humiliation (6) steadfast vows to never let this happen again.</p><p></p><p>The "never again" always comes. But still, we have all agreed, this sad cycle is better than having some impromptu coalition of nations actually go in "unilaterally" and do something. That would lack legitimacy! Strain alliances! Menace international law! Threaten the multilateral ideal!</p><p></p><p>It's a pity about the poor dead people in Darfur. Their numbers are still rising, at 6,000 to 10,000 a month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Unintentional, post: 10720, member: 22"] [b]Why no one can count on the UN[/b] [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/opinion/25brooks.html]http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/opinion/...n/25brooks.html[/url] ...Americans mustered our outrage at the massacres in Darfur and went to the United Nations. ...The Russians, who sell military planes to Sudan, decided sanctions would not be in the interests of humanity. The Chinese, whose oil companies have a significant presence in Sudan, threatened a veto. And so began the great watering-down. Finally, a week ago, the Security Council passed a resolution threatening to "consider" sanctions against Sudan at some point, though at no time soon. ... Meanwhile helicopter gunships were strafing children in Darfur. ... For people are still starving and perishing in Darfur. ... And, meanwhile, 1.2 million were driven from their homes in Darfur. ...The resolution passed, and it was a good day for alliance-nurturing and burden-sharing - for the burden of doing nothing was shared equally by all. And we are by now used to the pattern. Every time there is an ongoing atrocity, we watch the world community go through the same series of stages: (1) shock and concern (2) gathering resolve (3) fruitless negotiation (4) pathetic inaction (5) shame and humiliation (6) steadfast vows to never let this happen again. The "never again" always comes. But still, we have all agreed, this sad cycle is better than having some impromptu coalition of nations actually go in "unilaterally" and do something. That would lack legitimacy! Strain alliances! Menace international law! Threaten the multilateral ideal! It's a pity about the poor dead people in Darfur. Their numbers are still rising, at 6,000 to 10,000 a month. [/QUOTE]
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