Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
Patrick Henry
My God this man is insane...what does he even mean, and where did he get such a ridiculous idea?
He made more scene when he was trashed on booze,now all we get is the slobering,spittle infused remnants
Its not ridiculous, Multilateralism vs unilateralism is one of the defining issues of US foreign policy in the post cold war period.
The cold war created a bilateral world(US&USSR), so when that ends does the world become unilateral or multilateral.
Look at the issue as being dependent on foreign policy doctrine.
NeoCon Republicans are unilateralists. The US is/was the last remaining super power after the soviet collapse, there fore the US is the world hegemon to provide the world order, which is a hierarchy of power with the US at the top. Multilateralism is undesirable and multilateral orgs like the UN or NATO prevent the world order. Multilateralism is weakness, leading from behind.
Liberal Interventionist democrats acknowledge that the US is the superpower, but should always act multilaterally, to give the US international consensus, to avoid a go-it-alone, cowboy foreign policy.
Realists, composed of republicans and democrats, acknowledge that multilateralsm is desirable, but if a course of action is in the US's interest, and a multilateral agreement can't be reached, then the US should act unilaterally. The Realists also say that if a particular course of action is not in the US's interest, then the US should not act, even if it offends or undermines our multilateral allies.
So, apply that to the P5 plus one negotiations.
But in the real world, policy and doctrine are often trumped by the lobbyists, so what does the Israeli lobby want. Or Wall Street/banks. Or the defense contractors. Or oil and gas.