Opinion on war?

[wizardlife]

Translation: threats, bribes and other forms of duress have failed to secure a vote for war...

Has the UN ever acted on any other basis? The security council was a joke. It was all about buying out the votes of those third worl countries that would sell to the highest bidder. The US simply decided they weren't going to pander to that system and would save the bribe money for the war effort.

I would have regarded a decision to either effect the same way: meaningless.

Andrew Coyne raised an excellent point recently in an 'at issue' cbc panel. (it was actually on the topic of Canada's inaction in the war, but relevant here also) He suggested that following this war the UN will either be disbanded completely or greatly reduced, since other nations will realise that in wartime it is nothing but an extra layer of bureauocracy that ties the hands of nations who oppose its ridiculous rulings. Coyne suggested that in all likelyhood, smaller treaties (read: NATO, I imagine) of like-minded nations will form in its place. And those who have scorned the US for this effort (like France, Canada, Mexico, and Germany) will be excluded from whatever union the US forms.