[thechat] When is it time for war?

[Erik Mattheis]

On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 09:14 PM, abbey wrote:
> The UN is basically toothless and always has been.

Abby, you need to educate yourself about the UN if you want to speak 
intelligently about it. The primary goal of the UN is to resolve 
disputes between nations by peaceful means. It's intended to be as 
toothless as possible.

Plenty of info at <http://www.un.org/>

> Oh, and Erik, the part about the diplomats being smarter than you -- 
> yup, you
> got that right. 8-)

And by implication, you are smarter than the diplomats. 8-(

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