“Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York and in foreign capitals to recruit the necessary 96 affirmative votes to seat the United States in the new council.” ShouldHas BeensStatesTodayUnitedUnited StatesNew YorkProjectsWeaknessVoteProfoundHeavyLiftsSeatsDiplomacyCouncilDiplomatsAffirmativeAnnouncementsRecruit Author:Tom Lantos
“The Arts Council of England, in a 1998 report on 11 countries, found that Germany spent $85 per capita on the arts. The United States spent a shocking $6. And Canada, in its stubborn balance, spent $46... It's the Canadian way to be halfway between the Old and New worlds.” WorldWayArtCountryStatesFoundUnitedUnited StatesBalanceEnglandGermanyReportsCanadaMuseumsNew WorldStubbornShockingCouncilHalfwayOld And New Author:Michael Audain
“If Saddam Hussein is unwilling to bend to the international community's already existing order, then he will have invited enforcement, even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act.” IfsStatesHandsOrderCommunityUnitedUnited StatesFailingSecurityInternationalEnforcementSaddamInvitedCouncilHusseinUnwillingInternational CommunitySecurity Council Author:John F. Kerry
“If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power.” IfsWorldRealStatesTodayLawUnitedUnited StatesSecurityMembersReflectionInternationalPermanentMeaninglessDistributionCouncilInternational LawSecurity CouncilAmerican PowerDistribution Of Power Author:John Bolton
“The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the United States has over the budget of Texas.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesMembersBudgetsMinistersTexasFederal GovernmentCouncil Author:Jean-Claude Trichet
“The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO.” StatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesBloodEconomicSecurityMilitaryPressureUnionsLeagueDamageCouncilSanctionsNatoDiplomaticSecurity CouncilEconomic SanctionsAfrican Union Author:Elliott Abrams
“The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that's hardly even a joke. The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.” IdeasStatesLawUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesGoneSecurityCallingJokesInternationalResolutionCouncilInternational LawVetoSecurity CouncilAll State Author:Noam Chomsky