What hasn't this guy screwed up?

Kerberos said:
Ok try to pay attention this time, if I use any big words you don't understand just ask: The political leadership of the UN is responsible. Annan however is not, I repeat not the political leadership of the UN, he is the administrative head. The political leadership is the UN security council. Now is there any part of that you have any difficulty with?
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Don't waste your time on him, I have in the past. Any person with half a brain can get your point.
 
a_unique_person said:
I think that's the point, isn't it, the UN would never have sanctioned Iraq. I'm not saying every other member of the UN is a shining example of selfless enlightenment, but the collective opinion of the invasion was pretty well that it was doomed to end up where it is right now. A bloody standoff that is creating more terrorism, not reducing it.
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No, that isn't the point. I specifically posted about the exact same decision being made, either by a small group of countries, or by the UN. You said the difference is "legitimacy". Specifically, you said "No, it is about legitimacy, a very import concept."

So what makes the exact same decision legitimate when made by one group (the UN), but not by another (one or more countries)?
 
a_unique_person said:
Don't waste your time on him, I have in the past. Any person with half a brain can get your point.
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Yeah, I know, I just have this inbuilt reluctance to let sufficiently blatant idiocy pass without comment.
 
Freakshow said:
No, that isn't the point. I specifically posted about the exact same decision being made, either by a small group of countries, or by the UN. You said the difference is "legitimacy". Specifically, you said "No, it is about legitimacy, a very import concept."

So what makes the exact same decision legitimate when made by one group (the UN), but not by another (one or more countries)?
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What makes a monarch more legitimate than a democracy?
 
a_unique_person said:
You appear to be describing a dictatorship of the planet, perhaps in the mold of Platos ideas. It's facism. Democracy is, in my opinion, the least worst option.
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No, that is not at all what I am describing. Try again.

But speaking of dictatorships vs. democracies...you are coming somewhat closer to the point. That is one of the reasons I don't like the UN. Example: Libya, and the Human Rights Commision. Involving dictatorships like Libya makes decisions more legitimate than if the same decision was made by a number of democracies, but operating not under the UN banner?
 
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