So, where IS the UN, or other authority ...?

[FirstLight]

Just a quick question, and please forgive me of not knowing more about the logistics, but is the US the only cowboy in town?

Don't we have a UN, treaties, etc...?
If the US military has acted in a manner of pre-emptive stupidity...which we all know they have...

where is the international spanking?
Or is the economic failure and collapse of our country, the pillaging of our own constitution - is that our punishment?

Please tell me why there is not more pressure from the international community here?

I would love to see some links and more info if anyone has it.
thanks!

on edit: Let me add to this that I am just wishing that somehow, someone can help us before this madman and his minions destroy us all. Obviously our own government is too enmeshed with its own glory to recognize we are not living in true freedom. Our voices are not being heard, and our representatives are NOT representing us. The crimes of this administration are far beyond horrendous,and we as a people have had two elections stolen from us (probably more)and we may just be in need of a little help, here. maybe?

[Rex]

1. We are immune, that is why the world hates us.

Series.

[FirstLight]

3. I just can't accept that,

"superpower- schmooperpower" we should not be above some type of action.

Oh god, I guess I am just wishing to see monkey-man in cuffs tonight.

I hate the Amerikun Way, his way , he's a cowboy violence junkie!

[Rex]

11. I hate the truth, but the way our Feds act they make it seem real.

I hear ya, George is a very hated man. All over the planet they hate him more and more. Sad really.

[ben_meyers]

2. The UN couldn't even save Tokyo from Godzilla!

What would you have them do?

[magellan]

4. I keep waiting for Canada to invade us

Never trust the quiet neighbors. ;)

In all seriousness, BushCo don't pay attention to the UN, don't care about treaties, and don't care what that moldy old piece of paper called the US Constitution says -- unless any of these things can be used to their benefit.

Yes, there's international sentiment in the vein of "the US is getting its comeuppance" in regards to our economic woes. The world is sick of us. But they can't do anything to stop BushCo. WE can't do anything. Congress could, but they decided not to bother trying.

And everyone but the BushCo cabal and business partners will pay for it.

[melody]

5. The people that did this were genuises -- they made everybody first hate us

Nobody gives a damn.

Cheney could nuke us tomorrow and move onto Dubai and no one would blink.

[tabasco]

6. The UN pulled their people out of Iraq just before the US started bombing.

The criminal Bush regime has let them know they are not welcome in Iraq, unless they take orders from the US.

The UN obviously won't agree to that, and that's pretty much okay with the Bush cabal. The Bush cabal just wants the US Army to stay on top of that oil. Not to steal it but to keep it off the market and drive up prices. Their plan has worked quite well.

The US has veto power in the UN which pretty much prevents them from spanking us. The rest of the world, especially Russia and Europe, is glad to watch us fall in economic power. The US is no longer the world's biggest economy. That is now the euro zone. The US has lost enormous influence around the world. The Bush cabal has harmed us much more than any other country, coalition, or terrorist could ever hope. But Exxon et al have made world record profits along with other profiteers such as Halliburton. So it's all good as far as the Bush corporate cabal is concerned.

[FirstLight]

7. ...and you know that if we had a little revolution of our own here...

they'd all sit by and watch him do it to us?

yikes, I guess I really should consider finding that hideout in the forest... :scared:

[The2ndWheel]

8. Spank us with what?

The US military is what spanks everyone who doesn't listen to the UN. What can the UN possibly do to the US? Sanction us? How many times have economic sanctions(even if it were possible to sanction the US) hurt the people they were intended to hurt?

The US Government does what it wants to do. The US Government won that right internationally when it defeated and outlasted all other centers of power during the 20th century.

"Or is the economic failure and collapse of our country, the pillaging of our own constitution - is that our punishment?"

If/When the US goes down economically, everyone is coming with us. That's why countries like China and Japan have been propping us up. We're all part of the same economic system.

"Please tell me why there is not more pressure from the international community here?"

Again, pressure us with what? Are the Redcoats coming? The Spanish Armada showing up? Why would you want international pressure to save you? If you say this, "Our voices are not being heard, and our representatives are NOT representing us.", why would you want to be even less heard, and less represented, by an even more distant authority?

[MiniMe]

9. The UN worked because the US backed them up and supported them

Since we have now thrown the UN under the bus and deemed the UN irrelevant, they don't have the power to do anything. We used to be the "good" guys.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. The UN can vote to spank. We can veto.

But the UN can do worse than vote to spank.

They can just ignore it, sit by while we self-destruct in this expensive war.