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I am sure that the UN has its uses, but it is no longer a force for world peace. The only thing that the EU might be good for is to act as a counter-balance to US power.
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I don't think that it is the ambition of the EU to act merely as a counterbalance to US power.
http://www.ukip.org/abc_news/gen12.php?t=1&id=987
They desire to be the power. This is precisely why I do not trust them. Their tone is one of antagonism. European politicians didn't reject the Iraq War over conscience. They did it to help themselves. Everyday we bleed there is a benefit to Brussels.
http://www.thesprout.net/is.htm When this story first broke, the thought was that the EU was using the Palestinians to fight a proxy war with the US via Israel. Those in Europe will say it was necessary since the US is unfairly favoring of Israel and that is their right, but it could also be seen as the EU exploiting the situation to spread their own influence, like Dominique de Villepin travelling the Middle East after the war started and leaving with contracts for French weapons.
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I actually agree with you. I think that the day the US and UK invaded Iraq despite the UN, was the beginning of the end. The UN, via Kofi Annan, has declared that the invasion was illegal. And what have they done about it? Nothing. What have they done about the massacres in Darfur? Nothing.
What is the point of an organisation that has no power or will to enforce its rulings?
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I am in agreement with the both of you as well (cue Chris Patten for a snide remark). The UN has long been as useless as my little toe. Their history of neglect goes back even further than Kosovo. What can be said about an organization where the permanent seats on the security council are determined by the allies of conflict that ended 60 years ago? And the unpleasantness of a year ago only proved that all parties involved in the UN (mine and those who were opposed to mine) are more interested in using the world body more for their own advantage than anything humanitarian. I would be more than happy to see my own country exit the UN, as I am sure would so many Euro-philes, who would be thrilled that it might speed up the move from New York to Gibraltar :wink:
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we had to be in any kind of coalition, we might well be better off allying with emerging nations, such as India.
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Maybe a possible union and later federalization of the Commonwealth? It's far-fetched, but there was a website out there about a year ago devoted to just that. I would be willing to live happily in that world. The United States is in decline. That is just a fact. As I have mentioned, the tone of the EU in all matters concerning the US is one of antagonism sprinkled with condescension. If history serves as an accurate instrument for measuring the future, a superpower centered in Britain or England would leave us alone in our retirement. From 1814 until the end of the Empire, we were left to follow our own pursuits and if in my wildest dreams that could be restored, all would be well. Being that is a most unlikely scenario, Mr. Butcher's idea of coalitions with nations such as India is a good one. Concentrate on Asia. That is where the future economic development of the world lays.