From: Adam Flinton 

Tony Ingenoso wrote:
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:42de33f6{at}w3.nls.net...
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>>>If someone talks of UN votes for action, they're talking about UN
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> branded
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>>>troops.
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>>No, they talk about U.N. authorized actions.
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> IOW - the UN employing mecenaries to do what it is unwilling to do itself.
>

Nope because the UN does not possess an army. People have suggested this
but the US in particular (& esp the US right wing) keeps on shooting
this down.

All forces are provided by the members just like NATO.

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>>>There have been NO votes by the UN for UN action.
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>>Yep, but not in the first gulf war.
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>
> There was no vote for UN braned action in Gulf War v1.0.  There was a vote
> allowing someone else to do the dirty work if they so chose.
>

There is no UN amry & the US would not put it's soldiers under UN control.

Adam

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