Stratfor: Bush Issues Veiled Ultimatum to United Nations

Stratfor.com ^ | 12 September 2002

[sanchmo]

While Stratfor must be taken with a grain or two of salt, I must ask the John Birchers - what say you now?

[john316]

Bush Issues Veiled Ultimatum to United Nations....


Anything but veiled

[4CJ]

Either enforce the resolutions that you passed and that Iraq has mocked for over a decade or the United States essentially will abandon the institution.,

To the UN: Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please don't enforce the resolutions.

[sanchmo]

Darn...
Duplicate thread by Axion at .

I'll let the free market of ideas decide which should be pulled.

[sanchmo]

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[BOBTHENAILER]

Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please don't enforce the resolutions.

Don't worry. Without US muscle the UN couldn't enforce a game of tiddly winks.

[johnny7]

Yea... you stink like one too! :^[

[Nephi]

Washington instead needed leverage. It needed an "or else." It could not be, "Or else we'll go it alone," because the United States could not go it alone, at least not effectively. Washington needed an "or else" that generated active cooperation. It appears from Bush's speech to the United Nations that Washington found the lever it needs.

Or else, we boot the U.N. out of the U.S.?

[OKSooner]

Let's hope so.

[Jalapeno]

I always enjoy and appreciate Stratfor's analysis. While it is sometimes bad news, and sometimes wrong, they always support their arguements.

I also believe they are rightfully always cynical, so as for one to not get such a rosey colored picture of what is going on in the world.

That being said, I see this analysis as staing Bush was quite clever in how he put the UN in the corner and is demanding they perform.

I cannot believe Bush would think that anything the UN does will meet his satisfaction. Which is a pattern we saw before with the Taliban...remember how they went from "Give up Osmama, No Way!" to "Talk to our 'Moderate Taliban'(sic) Cleric" to "All we need is more time to examine the evidence" and yet Bush never relaxed the throttle..

The Arab Nations and the UN at large have to respect that Bush means to do what he says he will do. I suspect they are all real nervous.

[Bigg Red]

Or else, we boot the U.N. out of the U.S.?

Be still, my heart....

[Severa]

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[Jalapeno]

Give up Osmama.....

I swear that was a typo and did not mean any disrespect for the scumbag or his liniege. I hope the Admin Mod does not ban me....

[mhking]

We gave them an old tomato.

Meaning what?

[Nephi]

While Stratfor must be taken with a grain or two of salt, I must ask the John Birchers - what say you now?

While not a Bircher, my expectations were very low for this speech. Due in part, to the recent news about rejoining UNESCO after Reagan ended our membership in '86. Perhaps, UNESCO is the carrot and his speech was the whip?

Gee, what would happen to Bush if he pulled out a can of whip-ass on the U.N.? I would put his picture up on my wall next to Reagan's, which is below the Saviour's.

[chemainus]

Stratfor is essentially made up of Eastern Europeans who live REAL POLITIK instead of an agenda and have no particular love for the Communism they grew up under. While they are sometimes wrong and I sometimes disagree with them ( and have spoken with various heads personally in disagreement ) I do respect the organization as one of the most insightful political and military think tanks around. I am glad they do what they do the way they do it and wish them much success. A subscription to STRATFOR.com will net you far more $$$ in your ability to really see what is happening around the world than ten times that amount spent on a crooked stock analyst like Investors or their screeners or many of the others. BTW an occasional $5 to FreeRepublic , even when there is no campaign, is a good invewstment too. All notions are IMNSHO.

[Real Cynic No More]

"... and the question now is not merely about the future of Iraq, but the future of the United Nations."

That is very true and very appropriate. I picked up on that on my first read of the speech.

[southland]

Move the UN to Israel and they will keep them in line. We sure don't need them in the United States.

[4CJ]

A BIG CAN!

I would put his picture up on my wall next to Reagan's, which is below the Saviour's.

I would too.