Monday, November 22, 2004
Expanding the UNSC
So Jacques Chirac recently said that the United Nations Security Council should be expanded. OK, fine. I agree with Chirac and think that India and Japan should become permanent UNSC members.
On the other hand, I'd be willing to bet that Chirac would not consider for a nanosecond replacing France and the UK in the permanent member list with an EU seat, notwithstanding that the EU is supposed to be like a United States of Europe. Nope, ol' Jacques is trying to have it both ways. He wants the EU to speak with one voice internationally (in French) but wants two votes on the Security Council. Actually, he wants three votes, because he suggests that Germany should be a permanent UNSC member, too. Tell ya what, Jacques: how about we make California, Texas, Illinois and New York permanent members of the UNSC, too?
Chirac also advocates expanding the UNSC to 20 or 25 members instead of its present 15. This would further dilute the ability of the US and its allies to get any meaningful resolutions out of the Council. In short, Chirac is advocating making the UN even more anti-American than it already is. And he is moving toward making the US and outlaw, or at least an outcast, nation in the eyes of the rest of the world.
This man is dangerous! He's like Michael Moore with a political base. Chirac doit être détruit! (Politically, I mean -- I'd never advocate his physical destruction.)
On the other hand, I'd be willing to bet that Chirac would not consider for a nanosecond replacing France and the UK in the permanent member list with an EU seat, notwithstanding that the EU is supposed to be like a United States of Europe. Nope, ol' Jacques is trying to have it both ways. He wants the EU to speak with one voice internationally (in French) but wants two votes on the Security Council. Actually, he wants three votes, because he suggests that Germany should be a permanent UNSC member, too. Tell ya what, Jacques: how about we make California, Texas, Illinois and New York permanent members of the UNSC, too?
Chirac also advocates expanding the UNSC to 20 or 25 members instead of its present 15. This would further dilute the ability of the US and its allies to get any meaningful resolutions out of the Council. In short, Chirac is advocating making the UN even more anti-American than it already is. And he is moving toward making the US and outlaw, or at least an outcast, nation in the eyes of the rest of the world.
This man is dangerous! He's like Michael Moore with a political base. Chirac doit être détruit! (Politically, I mean -- I'd never advocate his physical destruction.)
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