AlexRS Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 ES, After 9/11 America had an opportunity to rally the world. We had everybody's support.... We could have done so many different and very useful things. Instead we poured billions into bureaucracies, attacked Iraq, etc. The funny part is, that even in the face of such MONUMENTAL FAILURES many people are still oblivious to their existence. They keep saying things like "what would YOU have done???" Well, let's tell them. What would YOU have done for the best of the country after 9/11? Clearly Afganistan is toast - now what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRS Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Reform the UN Perhaps we could have used the momentum to reform the UN. Or better yet, we could have used the opportunity to create another UN-type organization. NATO - like organization to fight Terror. This would allow us to get all the countries we do not like out of the picture. It would also create a powerful international organization that US would lead, albeit unofficially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRS Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Invest in technology The new type of warfare requires new technology. Terrorists are needles in haystacks - and weapons we currently have are pretty much a bunch of smart missles that can destroy haystacks from miles away. Investment in following technologies could be beneficial: detection of radioctive materials (from space?) ubran warfare associative knowledge systems (for integration and association of data between agencies - humans simply cannot do this, too much data) facial/emotional recognition (airport security, non-intrusive lie detection, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 AlexRS, your sig made that first post pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRS Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Monitor/Import Scientists There are a lot of poor brilliant scientists in this world. Former USSR immediately comes to mind - but there are plenty of other countries where very smart people are in very poor shape. Most of them do not want to kill people. But they also need to feed their families. The LEAST we can do is make sure most brilliant of these scienitsts do not fall into hands of our enemies. The best, of course, would be to set up programs where we can import them into the US. We save them, they do not go working for Iran, AND we get their brains working for US. Also, this could be done under a very sexy humanitarian flag, something like: "This is a multinational effort to help advance humanity". You know, Matrix-style "I protect what matters most" type thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EersSkins05 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 It would seem to me that the best way to get back at the people that attacked us would be to drastically decrease our reliance on their chief export. But blowing stuff up gets you re-elected. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 This thread is funny Reform the UN? Why would anybody reform the UN since it is operating as intended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRS Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 This thread is funnyReform the UN? Why would anybody reform the UN since it is operating as intended? WOW, are you serious? There are many, many problems with the UN. Are you aware that things you are not aware of may still exist? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I am obviously much more aware of things then you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 What exactly do you mean by "reform"? It's an impotent body with little to no real power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Ummm, how about getting Bin Laden for one. That should have been our FIRST priority. Second, securing our country by shoring up the ports and borders Third, using all the good will and sympathy to garner world support against terrorism. Acting like a diplomat and using the UN platform to get things which are of strategic intrest to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRS Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 What exactly do you mean by "reform"?It's an impotent body with little to no real power. Exactly, which is why I was surprised when Darth mentioned that UN functions as intented. It seems UN has too many members, too much bureauracy, lack of standards, lack of leadership. Okay, so reforming the UN would not work. What about the second part of my suggestion? We could have used the momentum of 9/11 to create a powerful and streamlined NATO-type organization to fight terrorism. We could have sidestepped the UN, creating a powerful international organization with strong US leadership. (it seems in order for other countries to buy into this we'd have to display strong anti-terrorist yet humanitarian inclination while carefully masking our always-present economic and strategic interests in such organization) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Prime Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 We should leave the UN not reform it.. The UN does nothing that benefits the US. Without the US there is no UN, yet the UN continually wants to **** on us.. Screw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baculus Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Thinking in "conventional" terms... If Bin Laden was the perpetrator, then hunt him down and capture him... Then probably developed a massive program to infiltrate and destroy terrorist organizations and cells. And undertaken a set goal of resolving Palestine since that appears to be an issue that causes much of the "outrage." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Judges Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 What exactly do you mean by "reform"?It's an impotent body with little to no real power. One way to reform the UN would be to adhere to a more strict interpretation of the original charter. Here is part of what it states: To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and If they want to encourage human rights for women, and religious rights for everyone, wouldn't that contradict the fact that certain member countries have no fundamental women's rights or religious freedom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Kick the UN out of the US Gut Saudi Arabia Gut Iran Beef up forces in South Korea while simultaneously shutting off food aid to Norht Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.