Comments on: Turkmenistan and How the UN Really Works

By: JeffersonDavis

JeffersonDavis — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:04:24 +0000

I'll complain PLENTY about the WTO. It just wasn't the subject at the time.

Globalization of trade has done more damage to our economic security than anything else. However, with a finite amount of resources, it would be difficult to maintain our standard of living without global trade. And that is more and more difficult to do when the rest of the world begins to "gang up" on the US. Apparently is was deemed more logical to join them since we couldn't beat them.

Like you, I don't agree.

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:32:21 +0000

1. Give up your sovereignty.
2. Give it to the UN.

We have already done that except that we did not give it to the UN but to the WTO...

Amusingly enough I rarely if ever hear the right complain about the WTO, not surprising in that it's not democratic and that is a tool used by Corporations to screw people over through out the world (including the US)

By: JeffersonDavis

JeffersonDavis — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:52:00 +0000

I realize that, Green. I know portions of the UN do quite a bit of good around the world. And the UN is a great forum for conflict resolution.

I half-heartedly threw that out there because I stand FIRM against a world government. US sovereignty is extremely important to me.

By: GreenDreams

GreenDreams — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:37:11 +0000

JeffersonDavis, there are UN programs and personnel all over the world doing very good work. It's sad that the right has taken such a negative stance on the only global body that focuses on conflict resolution, disaster and war relief and issues of world hunger, thirst, disease and poverty. It's too bad so many Americans equate the UN with the UN Security Council. UN programs have saved literally millions of children from senseless death from diarrhea and dehydration. They have saved millions more from malaria, cholera, typhoid fever and AIDS. They have saved threatened wildlife through efforts against trade in endangered species (ivory, tiger pelts, etc.) They have helped emerging economies with technical assistance, technology transfer, training and education, sanitation and public works, and so many other things. The world is a better place for this body which was created by US, the United States, as the major driver. How about a more balanced and nuanced view?

By: JeffersonDavis

JeffersonDavis — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:55:40 +0000

The REAL way that the United Nations works:

1. Give up your sovereignty.
2. Give it to the UN.

Simple.

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