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Intimidation is Still Very Much Alive and Well
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13/03/2009 17:21:01
 
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>>>>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96SLVQ85&show_article=1
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>>>>Take those words back or else! Hmmm, wonder what leverage was used....
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>>>I don't know why they bothered saying anything. Nobody cares what this guy says. In fact I bet it wasn't even reported, at least not much, until the White House responded to it.
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>>I'd delay payment too. Many UN members spend a lot of it's time bad mouthing the USA. As I understand the payment situation, the USA is charged the most of any member. Maybe it's time to let China have that honor.
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>They can have it for all the good the UN usually does with its earnest speeches and proclamations. I guess I would rather have the UN exist than not, but it's not like they are that influential on the world stage.

Sadly, I agree. The U.S. pays 22% of the total cost of the UN. The problem is that when the U.S. delays payment, it puts those UN sanctioned actions in peril.
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