Bush Will Force Japan to Withdraw From UN

Weekly Post (S.Korea, Japan) ^ | 3.24.03

[Enemy Of The State]

Bush Will Force Japan to Withdraw From UN

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Japanese international journalist Nobuhiko Ochiai said, "With the Iraqi war this time, Japan will be forced to perform on the center stage of the world." Mr. Ochiai stressed that President Bush's declaration of war against Iraq will decide the future of Japan.

After the Iraqi war, Japan must face the crisis of North Korea. Mr. Ochiai contributed the following article to The Weekly Post.

1. Behind French Demands for Peace

The French government must stop its indulgence in power games. France has been performing opportunistically in its efforts at diplomacy. French President Chirac is one of the world leaders who made Dictator Saddam Hussein powerful.

In 1975, Chirac was the prime minister of France. He made contact with Saddam Hussein to promote a stable supply of oil from Iraq. He invited Saddam to his home.

Mr. Chirac received an order for constructing a nuclear power plant in Iraq. Why did an oil-rich country like Iraq need a nuclear power plant? The reason was that Iraq wanted to extract the plutonium needed to develop nuclear weapons.

Chirac and Hussein had been close friends since then. France sold Mirage jetfighters and surface-to-battleship missiles to Iraq. However, Iraq did not pay for those weapons. The transaction involved $5 billion, which is still outstanding today. If Saddam Hussein falls, payment will never be made.

Behind the French demand for peace with Iraq, there exists this kind of reason.

Also, the French have been preparing to rebuild Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. French businesses have already signed contracts with Iraqi business people who are expected to be exiled but will become the center of Iraqi business after the war.

2. Useless UN

While the UN continues to engage in a 'party of chattering,' Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il have been preparing for terrorism. The UN embarked on solving civil wars in Congo, Rwanda or Palestine, but these all failed. The results were too little, too late.

So far, summit meetings with the leaders of Israel and Palestine have been held at the White House or Camp David, never at the UN.

One high-ranking government official from Israel remarked, "Our safety must be built by ourselves. The United Nations means the 'United Nothing.'"

When the US and British governments want to take strong action against Iraq, the proposal will be vetoed by a country which has veto power.

3. New United Nations

President Bush's ultimatum against Iraq was also an ultimatum to the UN.

If a war is between two countries, it can be prevented through diplomatic negotiations but wars with terrorists cannot. The UN is not the right place for discussing such war.

The US neo-conservative group of Americans including Richard Pearl, Chairman of the National Defense Council, who support the Bush Administration, are discussing the US withdrawal from the UN.

The US government pays $2.5 billion in contributions to the UN, which is equivalent to 20 percent of the total contribution. If the US withdraws from the UN, the UN will not be able to function. If Japan, which makes 20-percent contribution to the UN, joins in the US withdrawal, what will happen to the UN? One think tank of the US Republican Party has been studying how to build a new UN.

If the US, Japan and Britain agree to build a new UN, the old UN will disappear. The new UN will launch a policy not to allow rogue nations to become members.

No countries which have been opposing the military action against Iraq may have firm principle for opposition. If a new UN is built, they will rush to it.

4. Do Not Give Time to Dictator

Once the Iraq war ends, the same kind of operations must be taken against the North Korean dictator.

If the issue of North Korea is brought to the UN, China and Russia will push the subject to a dead end. It will face the same kind of situation as the Iraqi issue.

All nations must know how much time the 'chatter party' at the UN will give dictator Kim Jong Il. It will make the world more dangerous. The Japanese must learn deception from Kim Jong Il. Prime Minister Koizumi and Kim Jong Il signed the Pyongyang Declaration last September. Kim Jong Il seemed to have made concession, however, after the signing the declaration, Kim Jong Il did not take the right attitude to the Japanese.

When we look to take action against North Korea, it is impossible to consider it without the US. This is the reality. Therefore, to fight the Iraqi war with the US will contribute to the national interest of Japan. People who claim that sending an Aegis cruiser to the war is an indication of support the US operations is not correct. This is a war of the Japanese as well. Japan must do more.

[Enemy Of The State]

>>President Bush's declaration of war against Iraq will decide the future of Japan.

Declaration of war? I must have missed that one somewhere.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

If the US and Japan withdrew their money the UN would be greatly reduced.

Sounds good to me!

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[MEG33]

An article that recognizes that the UN is a dead end street warms my heart. Aren't you pleased?

[RS]

C'mon... How about it forces US to withdraw from the UN first ?

[Maceman]

Declaration of war? I must have missed that one somewhere.

Maybe you were doing something else last Thursday nite around 9pm EST. So that's probably why you didn't hear that we bombed Baghdad, which is an act of war no matter how you slice it.

Don't misunderstand. I strongly support this war.

[Enemy Of The State]

Definitely pleased here....But I'd be happier if the US dumped the UN first!

[Enemy Of The State]

I watched the speech and I appluaded it. I just meant that while we are in a war, there was no declaration of war by congress. I was just noting that...Not saying that I would want and official declaration either.

[Red Dog #1]

“Bush Will Force Japan to Withdraw From UN”

When I saw the headline I though this going to be another hit piece on the US but after reading it I was pleasantly surprised to find that Mr. Mr. Ochiai is one smart man.

[Radix]

Declaration of war? I must have missed that one somewhere

Oh, they all do it. Presidents are like that, yeah they are.

[monkeyshine]

Not a formal declaration by congress, but it's a war nonetheless.

This is a good article. 40% of the UN's dues about to vanish is a promising thought. The article seems to be right on about Japan's need to strengthen ties with the USA. And the USA needs to strengthen ties with Asia. The future for America is Asia. Europe is old, and regressing.

[kaylar]

I never thought I'd live to see the day when the dissolution of the UN would be openly discussed by anyone besides the JBS , and much-mocked 'tinfoilers' like me. And to think that it's being suggested that GWB and his administration also want to kill off the UN!

If anyone wants to know just how much the world has changed, do a google search , or search articles here on FR, with 'millennium summit' as the query. Look at the loathsome charter WJC and most of the rest of the 'world leaders' signed. This was September of 2000.

[RS]

"And to think that it's being suggested that GWB and his administration also want to kill off the UN! "

... and the downside of that would be ... ?

[kaylar]

Here's the MS Declaration,to which WJC's signature commited the USA.

[kaylar]

Good grief, are you actually under the impression I'm unhappy about that? Sheesh!

[RS]

"Here's the MS Declaration,to which WJC's signature commited the USA."

Good.. maybe the world will learn that WJC's signature dosen't mean Jack to the USA.
( probably less then jack as we will immediately reject it )

[First_Salute]

Bush will not force Japan to do anything. Japan is a very good ally of the United States, and Japan will take its own decisions.

[kaylar]

I wish! Those doofuses are still whining that the USA didn't ratify Kyoto like we "had to" because of algore's signature, ditto the ICC treaty, which WJC signed. If they did just a teensy bit of research, they'd realize that it's Congress that votes on and ratifies treaties (like the ICC and Kyoto protocols) ; they don't become legally binding on the USA based on a president's signature-his signature means about as much as mine or yours would. The senate voted 66-0 not to even consider VOTING on Kyoto in it's present form. But they're still whining about GWB's removal of the ( legally meaningless) presidential signature from the ICC document of intent , and the renunciation of Kyoto, as a stab in the back. They really believe that if algore had won, the US would have ratified both treaties-and they also believe that any democrat who enters the WH will ratify those two treaties (all by him/herself). And that explains why there's so much hatred of GWB in the media and on the part of some heads of state....They're trying to "torpedo" his presidency, so he'll be defeated in 2004 and a democrat will take over. They really believe that if a democrat takes the WH, the US will automatically pass Kyoto and the ICC!

[Vigilanteman]

Ochiai is an intelligent man. The headline is either a misread or a mistranslation. What is should read is that following Iraq, the U.S. may encourage Japan, one of our leading albeit nonmilitary supporters, to join with the western allaince in forming an alternative to the United Nations, an internaional organization of free countries who share our values. Without the dues and international contributions of the AUN, the UN would sink further into irrelavance.