Annan will tell President Bush that only the United Nations can sanction the use of force

Reuters ^ | September 11, 2002 11:03 PM ET | By Alistair Lyon

[The Wizard]

and GWB will tell him they haven't done shit for 10 years

[steve-b]

Maybe Kofi Annan and Bill Clinton can form a support group for people with delusions of relevance.

[Green Knight]

Someone refresh my memory, as it's a bit hazy. Exactly WHERE in the Constitution does it say that the government has to have permission from the UN before it goes to war? Because honestly, I don't remember such a clause.

[hobbes1]

If Iraq's defiance continues, the Security Council must face its responsibilities,"

Thats It Iraq....We are not going to let you go that 12th year in defiance....RMFE

[WyCoKsRepublican]

Kofi Annan doesn't have the commen sense or brains to shine GW's boots.......though the thought is refreshing.......

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

There are a couple of "dirty little secrets" about the UN:

First, it was founded by Traitor-Last-Class Alger Hiss purporting to represent us while operating as an agent of the (late, unlamented) USSR.

The "United" Nations ain't, and never were.

The United States IS what the UN purports to be . . . a coherent grouping of nations, the legitimacy of which destroyed the legitimacy of warfare among them. But it took not only the Constitution but the Civil War to seal that.

It would be treason against the Constitution for a president to irrevocably cede present or future authority over our foreign policy to any other agency than the executive of the United States; foreign policy is exclusively HIS responsibility.

If those other nations wish actually to unite, they must transform themselves into the United States. Better, they must become the United States; they should apply for admission to the Union. No use re-inventing the wheel . . .

[goldstategop]

U.S to Koffi Annan: go kiss my ass; we'll save you the trouble and attack first and get your blessing afterwards.

[Corporate Law]

Cut off our money to the UN, tell them to leave NYC, and watch how quickly their tune changes. Of course, still follow through on our actions.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

worse than teenagers

's what socialists are, if you hadn't noticed . . . bigmouthed second-guessers averse to actual responsiblity (how they love to heap scorn on the bottom line!).

[USAF_TSgt]

And stop sending US troops for UN missions, I've got a collection going of expeditionary medals for "UN" operations that we either should have finished the job ourselves ("Operation Southern Watch" comes to mind) or should have never got involved in ("Operation Madeline Albright's War", oops, I mean Kosovo).

[leprechaun9]

Tell Annin and his merry bag of leaches (the U.N.)to pack their bags and go sit with Saddam while the bombs start to fall!

[aruanan]

Annan will tell President Bush that only the United Nations can sanction the use of force

And Bush will tell Annan to blow it out his cannon.

[Moby Grape]

It is time to ask the UN what the HELL they have done to stop Irag, and why THEY haven't done one damn thing about getting inspectors back in Irag....ONLY the USA (under Bush) has bothered to even try....Clinton allowed Irag to kick out the inspectors and did not do one damn thing to get them back in, not did the UN.

[Area51]

When the day comes that his type decides to put some of those Powder Blue Bonnet types in our streets to Enforce UN Resolutions.

Then He'll see brute force.

[Boss_Jim_Gettys]

Here's my $0.02. Little Kofi has just painted himself into a corner. When GW says we are going in with or without UN support, Kofi must make sure the UN "authorizes" the action before anything happens in order to fulfill his BS requirement that the UN must sanction any action of this nature. Otherwise he risks making himself and his POS organization irrelevant.

Funny thing is U.S. Congress will do the same thing.

[hunyb]

Tell us how you really feel stylin! ;)

[Corin Stormhands]

Koif is under the misguided impression that the President is actually coming to the UN to listen to them. Much to the contrary, he's on his way there to say, "Let me tell you how it's going to be. Saddle up and ride with us or get out of our way."

[stylin_geek]

Annan will tell U.S. that only U.N. can sanction force....and the U.N sanctions against Iraq worked so well....

[Greeklawyer]

The ability of the USA to act and succeed diminishes the significance and importance of the UN. When they argue for UN unity, UN elitists are really saying please do not leave us behind. The UN is stuggling to be seen as the leader of the world, the fact that the USA is ACTING like the leader of the world is in no way lost to the UN leadership.

The Kofi Annons and other elitists of the UN see the self defense actions of the USA as a limitation to their ambitions to a world tax system and to previous requests to a standing UN peacekeeping force (army).

[stylin_geek]

So, the U.S. provides the bulk of the peace keeping forces internationally, but also has to pay for the privilege of maintaining that force?

I would like to see the U.S. withdraw from the UN. Can you imagine the liberal intellectuals screaming about how the world would turn against us? Heck, the world doesn't like us anyway, and the UN is ineffective (at best!!) at countering the hatred directed at the U.S.

I can already see the liberal argument going something like "Well, the world hates us, and without the U.N., they will hate us even more."