UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Bush administration, long critical of the United Nations, has accepted a U.N. offer of help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and a U.N. team has gone to Washington to see how it can complement American efforts.
The United Nations on Sunday announced the United States had accepted its aid offer and said its staff will be based at the USAID Hurricane Operations Center, where international assistance is being coordinated.
Of course not. But the UN is there to help everyone in cases of extreme disasters, and that's just what they did.brassmonkey621 said:Just because Bush has been critical of the UN doesnt mean he will deny free relief from it.
Well, about 40% of what the UN is going to provide, if your figures are right.Navy Pride said:Since the USA provides about 40% of the funding the UN gets it looks like this may cost us a little bit.........
epr64 said:Well, about 40% of what the UN is going to provide, if your figures are right.
Isn't it good?
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Well, we'll be glad to host the UN. We already have quite a few international organisations in Brussels.Navy Pride said:Sorry I have no use for the UN....I am with John Bolton on this one..........
U.S. out of the UN...........UN out of the U.S.
epr64 said:Well, we'll be glad to host the UN. We already have quite a few international organisations in Brussels.
But..
WHY don't you say so to your beloved president? That would cost us a LOT less money.. And your president seems to be SO dilligent to help his own people, we wouldn't want to disturb..
You're not very gratefull are you?
Thought so.
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To: MNJohnnie
This twaddle is only intended to help the Eurabians sleep better at night.
To: Pokey78
.....crickets......
They're too busy trying to maintain cradle-to-grave welfare. We'll get exactly the help we expect from Europe. Nothing.
To: Pokey78
To the rest of the world:
Take your aid and stick it where the sun doesn't shine. Keep your aid efforts and $$$ enriching African despots and tin-pot third-world strongmen while your "target" demographic of your aid $$$ starve and continue to die.
WE DO NOT NEED YOU AT ALL!
God save our Republic!
As much as you're speaking for the Bush admin.Navy Pride said:So let me understand this..........You speak for the Belgium government huh?
epr64 said:As much as you're speaking for the Bush admin.
But be sure that we would LOVE the UN to be in Brussels. It's just the thousands of american people working for it that wouldn't like it. But that's not you, I suppose?
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Once again, please do make us a favor.Navy Pride said:I am not speaking for the Bush Administation..........I am speaking for myself.....
I can bet you if you took a poll in this country the majority of the respondents would agree with me...........The UN is a corrupt organization all the way from the top the the bottom............If the food for oil scandal does not prove that nothing will........
It definitely happensbrassmonkey621 said:EPR, you are making absurd statements.
Corrupt? I don't think so. It's more a question of "works as designed". But there are things to be changed, that's for sure. I just hope that EVERY country will have the same weight when it will come to define what's going to be changed.I think the UN is a great concept and could work much, much better. But, as of right now, the UN is corrupt. Lets change the UN to make it more of what it was intended to be.
Nevertheless, I think its great the UN has stepped in to help out with Katrina relief. We need it, and if we can get other nations to donate, everyone should be all for it! I think someone should start a thread about the UN, there would definately be some debate there.
We were partly responsible for the oil for food scandel by looking the other way with our veto vote in the Security Councel sessions for four years when they were discussing this.Originally posted by Navy Pride:
I am not speaking for the Bush Administation..........I am speaking for myself.....
I can bet you if you took a poll in this country the majority of the respondents would agree with me...........The UN is a corrupt organization all the way from the top the the bottom............If the food for oil scandal does not prove that nothing will........
epr64 said:In the aftermath of the deadly news we got from our american friends, the UN proposed its help. It was accepted by the Bush administration.
Link is here for the full article.
The UN is unvaluable for all on this planet.
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I understand your point.brassmonkey621 said:You may think it works as designed, but I think it doesnt and thats why it needs more changes. If it worked as designed, we wouldnt be having a thread about it.
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