What do you think Bush's approval ratings will be the day after the announcement?
"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw the United Nations forever. We begin evictions in five minutes."
What do you think Bush's approval ratings will be the day after the announcement?
"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw the United Nations forever. We begin evictions in five minutes."
Way up, no question about it.
The key that makes this work is that it wouldn't just be scrapping the U.N., it would be replacing it with a different international organization, one with a solid political foundation based on the principle of freedom of the individual, unlike the U.N.
If the socialist claptrap promoted by a sovereignty-usurping U.N. can be replaced by a loose federation of free countries, it would be a fitting start for the new millennium. This organization would, by its nature, be libertarian-leaning, just as the U.N. is socialist/authoritarian-leaning. The repercussions on domestic politics in the member countries would be positive as well, because of a mutually reinforcing effect.
The U.N. could move its headquarters to Beijing or Damascus or some such place. The lines would be clearly drawn between freedom and slavery, between liberty and tyranny.
Well, I guess I've gone on about this long enough, but I really like the idea.
"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw the United Nations forever. We begin evictions in five minutes."
LOL! He'd be more diplomatic than that. I haven't really given this idea any thought though -- how would you get there from here?