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Could the United Nations Say 'Auf Wiedersehen'?
New York Sun ^ | 12/20/04 | MEGHAN CLYNE

Posted on 12/20/2004 5:36:49 PM PST by wagglebee

If the United Nations fails to gain approvals to expand its headquarters in New York, will it be saying "Auf Wiedersehen"?

That's "goodbye" in German, and at least one source close to the U.N. expansion project said talk has "been in the air" for several months about the possibility of using Bonn as a site for some U.N. offices should approval be withheld from plans to erect a 35-story office building near the U.N. campus during renovations of the Secretariat.

A number of sources familiar with the United Nations said transfer of the General Assembly and other organs of the main body to Bonn is highly unlikely. And a former U.N. ambassador, Richard Holbrooke, said that if the headquarters of the world body were moved from New York the organization "would collapse."

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: kofiannan; oilforfoodscandal; un; unitednations
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To: SlightOfTongue
Well, how shall we say good-bye? Hmmmm. Let me count the ways....

I was thinking that GET THE F*CK OUT! would probably be the simplest way to get the message across.

21 posted on 12/20/2004 6:23:49 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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To: TalBlack

Think about what 6,000 odd leeches do to the tight housing market in NY.

If we kick them out a HELL of a lot of economy contributing AMERICANS presently unable to find an apartment in NY would likely find one!
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If the government stopped subsidizing housing and rent in NY rent rates would drop and the inner city areas would clean up of their own accord.


22 posted on 12/20/2004 6:24:45 PM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/terrorism.htm)
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To: wagglebee

AMEN!!!! Whether it be the P.O.'d Kerry voters who threatened to move to Canada, or the disgraceful U.N., I have this to say:

LEAVE! GET OUT! WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE!


23 posted on 12/20/2004 6:25:26 PM PST by libertyman
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To: wagglebee
a former U.N. ambassador, Richard Holbrooke, said that if the headquarters of the world body were moved from New York the organization "would collapse."

That's because a parasite has to stay close to its host.

24 posted on 12/20/2004 6:29:53 PM PST by guitfiddlist (When the 'Rats break out switchblades, it's no time to invoke Robert's Rules.)
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To: wagglebee

By all means lets help them move, the sooner the better and tell them not to ever come back or even call!!!!


25 posted on 12/20/2004 6:30:48 PM PST by lolhelp
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To: wagglebee
If the United Nations fails to gain approvals to expand its headquarters in New York, will it be saying "Auf Wiedersehen"?

Good! Don't forget to take all the communist, socialist and terrorists with you.

26 posted on 12/20/2004 6:39:33 PM PST by Luke
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To: wagglebee

C-Ya! :=)


27 posted on 12/20/2004 6:56:45 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: wagglebee
Is this an idle threat by the UN? I would like to call their bluff.

They don't like the game so they want to pick up their toys and play somewhere else...... figures.... But, hey we paid for those toys!
28 posted on 12/20/2004 7:01:57 PM PST by commonguymd (the commonguy's corner bar blogspot - http://commonguyva.blogspot.com)
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To: wagglebee

In that case, you are making the same mistake that Stalin made. He pulled his delegation out of the UN, and the US pushed a resolution thru the Security Council authorizing UN forces to defend South Korea.

We can't pull out as long as the UN exists. We've got to be part of it in order to make sure that it does not interfere with our foreign policy. And if we've got to be part of it, we might as well have it in the US where we can keep a tighter reign over it.

I have no problem with us pulling out--after it is shut down.


29 posted on 12/20/2004 7:03:17 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: GOP_1900AD; Happy2BMe; glock rocks; risk
This is truly the absolute bets thread I have ever read in FR.com!!

Everyone is agreeing that getting the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US is a must! >>former U.N. ambassador, Richard Holbrooke, said that if the headquarters of the world body were moved from New York the organization "would collapse."<< Head 'em up, lets move 'em on out! Giddyup, yeehaw, giddyup Boys, move 'em on out!

30 posted on 12/20/2004 7:07:32 PM PST by B4Ranch (((The lack of alcohol in my coffee forces me to see reality!)))
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To: wagglebee
Take up Richard Hollbrooke and have the U.N. partially relocate to Bonn.
Hollbrooke forecasts collapse. Do not hesitate, but rush into relocating them.
The rest then will dissolve itself.
Everybody comes out a winner.
31 posted on 12/20/2004 7:14:23 PM PST by hermgem
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To: konaice

Tell the UN to sent up camp in Paris, I'm sure they'd be more than welcome there......


32 posted on 12/20/2004 7:17:20 PM PST by blastdad51 (Proud father of an Enduring Freedom vet, and friend of a soldier lost in Afghanistan)
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To: Brilliant

I think if the US pulled out of the UN, the British, Japanese and Australians would possibly follow suit and for certain Israel would quit. China and Russia would have no interest in having to follow any rules that America doesn't, so they would quit too. Within a few years the UN would be a bunch of EU wannabees and third-world dictatorships, it would be worthless. Remember, what made the League of Nations worthless was the fact that America didn't join. It was true 80 odd years ago and it's true today: without American participation, no world body has any value at all. America needs to take the lead in this, being "one of the last to leave the party" would just make us look foolish.


33 posted on 12/20/2004 7:17:50 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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To: wagglebee
Kick them out, let them collapse, we need an end to this six decade Marxist fiasco.

I give the balance of my time on this thread to the FReeper from the great state of Virginia.

34 posted on 12/20/2004 7:27:07 PM PST by PGalt
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To: PGalt
LMAO!

And by the way, Virginia is a COMMONWEALTH.

35 posted on 12/20/2004 7:29:26 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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To: wagglebee

A M E N!!!


36 posted on 12/20/2004 7:31:57 PM PST by AnimalLover ((Are there special rules and regulations for the big guys?))
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To: B4Ranch
Aye! Send 'em to Somalia. Let them debate cleaning that toilet up. When they have succeeded, send 'em to Haiti.

Global warming? Send 'em to Mars. Let 'em clean that up. Then they might have EARNED some credence. Short of that, banishing them from our shores would be sufficient.

37 posted on 12/20/2004 7:35:00 PM PST by glock rocks (Play an accordion, go to jail. It's the law.)
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To: wagglebee

Good, Get Rid of them, they don't deserve to be in the US, they take advantage of the laws, they hate us, get rid of them, get rid of the un, get rid of the un.........gone! Go away un, we hate you as much as you hate us and the US!


38 posted on 12/20/2004 8:00:24 PM PST by Ethyl (when)
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To: wagglebee

I hope they won't let the door hit 'em on the butt!


40 posted on 12/20/2004 8:04:04 PM PST by RippleFire ("It was just a scratch")
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