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TOPIC: Open All Borders.
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Re:Open All Borders. 4 Years, 2 Months ago
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Broadly I would share your views - and would point to the abject failure of the United Nations to organise meaningful humanitarian and peace keeping efforts.
Set up just after the war (in NYC), the impotency of the UN necessitated the involvement of the US in so many international disputes and problems - from Korea to Vietnam.
And including WW2. Until Trump said - no more; and now the world, with countries carefully guarding their own interests, has no real alternatives to bring into play.
Quite apart from being a proxy-UN for many decades - the US remains the major financial contributor to the UN - and now wants to replicate the sedentary role the other members adopt.
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Re:Open All Borders. 4 Years, 2 Months ago
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Ironically perhaps
Ms Merkel and the new Germany
Have outstripped us all
More class and helpful logic
Than anywhere...
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Re:Open All Borders. 4 Years, 2 Months ago
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JK2006 wrote:
Yes we should increase overseas aid too
Taking assessed and voluntary contributions to the UN, the US is the world leader.
Contributing c$11 billion a year - more than the next three countries put together.
Including the UK - at less than $3 billion. Something Trump bashers often prefer to forget.
Apart from being the most active member in times of strive and deprivation, the US pay almost a quarter of the UN's budget.
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