Frank wrote on Feb 23
rd, 2022 at 2:25pm:
Silly rot.
The UN has no ability to enforce any 'de-legalised war"
The reformed UNSC as described will have all the power it needs to maintain international peace.
Can't you understand the difference between what is now and what will be soon?
Quote: eventhough there are international conventions supported by 196 countries. Even if the UN did have the necessary forces at its disposal, using them would be.... war.
No, because 196 countries (outside the UNSC) would not have militaries capable of mounting external aggression, ie war.
Quote:The analogy with murded and its legally enforced punishments in nation states is stupid, as to be expected from you. Murder is 'de-legalised" and punished in every country but has not been eliminated anywhere - just as international conventions have not prevented wars.
This is the error in that statement: "murder is punished in every country" - correct -, "but has not been eliminated anywhere" - also correct, but only because the behaviour of two individuals in close proximity cannot be guaranteed by law.
Whereas the behaviour of two NATIONS (whether proximate or not) CAN be guaranteed by an international rulesbased system
backed by a UNSC without veto, simply because of the logistics involved in mounting a war.
Quote:Look at Russia and China now. War mongers.
Well, the Chinese want friendly relations with all countries. Russia is hankering after the glory days....and the US wants to maintain global hegemony in support of its "America First" dreams.
Quote:Fun facts:
The US is by far the biggest donor to the UN, in 2016 contributing some $10 billion of its $49 billion annual revenue. The next biggest donors were Germany ($3.4 billion) and the UK ($3 billion).
$10 billion...while it spent
$750 billion on enforcing (via the Pentagon's military industrial complex) its version of a "rules-based system" on the globe. "Fun fact" indeed.
Quote:The permanent members of the Security Council that most often oppose American agendas in the UN, China ($1.3 billion) and Russia ($562 million), are ranked 6th and 15th respectively in terms of the magnitude of their contributions.
That's the stupidity of the UNSC veto, enabling the "US agenda" to be blocked by those members who oppose that agenda. The solution is upholding the agenda of UN UDHR, by a UNSC without veto.
Quote:Australia was the UN’s 13th biggest national donor in 2016, contributing $748 million.
Oz had the 13th largest economy then, so that contribution is reasonable.
Quote:As usual, thug countries like China and Russia are not pulling their weight.
And how much weight should countries with a per capita GDP of $10,000 pull?