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Coleman · 03-20-2005, 08:09 PM

wow interesting thread. I just remembered we had this forum lol.

We sort of had an interesting discussion about this in my AP Gov't class.

I sort of have the same views as Drew on this one--not totally though.

In my view, I believe the US joining the UN is unconstituational...period. Our constitution states that it is our supreme law of the land and within it it gives the president certain powers under certain circumstances. If we go by this, then what we did in Iraq isn't comparable to the other view of the UN being supreme law. It was a long discussion noneoftheless, so it doens't really do me much good to try to explain the whole thing.

To answer Drew's original question, I don't think the UN would be able to continue playing the same role as they do presently. Their power will definately be diminished.

I just don't think that it is right that some 3rd world country's vote is worth the same as the US vote. It just doesn't make any sense. But here we go again with going back to the creation of the US Senate to give representation to the smaller states.

Don't know if it's a possibility, but if it had something like the American Congress I think it would be better off with representing each countries' interests.

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Coleman is Offline Major General Posts: 13,482 Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: University Park, PA	03-20-2005, 08:09 PM wow interesting thread. I just remembered we had this forum lol. We sort of had an interesting discussion about this in my AP Gov't class. I sort of have the same views as Drew on this one--not totally though. In my view, I believe the US joining the UN is unconstituational...period. Our constitution states that it is our supreme law of the land and within it it gives the president certain powers under certain circumstances. If we go by this, then what we did in Iraq isn't comparable to the other view of the UN being supreme law. It was a long discussion noneoftheless, so it doens't really do me much good to try to explain the whole thing. To answer Drew's original question, I don't think the UN would be able to continue playing the same role as they do presently. Their power will definately be diminished. I just don't think that it is right that some 3rd world country's vote is worth the same as the US vote. It just doesn't make any sense. But here we go again with going back to the creation of the US Senate to give representation to the smaller states. Don't know if it's a possibility, but if it had something like the American Congress I think it would be better off with representing each countries' interests.