Yeah, they did it, they made their power grab... but now the rubber meets the road, and they'll have to figure out how to enforce their will. That might not prove to be so easy as they think.
The guy down the road could, conceivably, come up to my gate and make the bold claim that he runs my house now. I feel like that might not go just the way he planned it to, however. I don't think it would be very long before he was tripping all over himself, trying to get AWAY from my gate and off my property. I'm not sure he would make it, to be honest. It doesn't take as much guts to make a bold but unfounded claim of authority as it does to try enforcing it.
The UN is in pretty much the same position. They've staked their claim, now they'll have to enforce it... and with what? The UN has no army of it's own - it has only the armies that member states volunteer to it. Do any of those member states seriously think they could make an invasion of America to enforce UN edicts on us work? Remember that "rifle behind every blade of grass" thing that gave the Japanese pause for thought. Nowadays, we're much more divided than we were then, so there is only a rifle behind every other blade of grass - still not good odds when the lead starts flying.
See, that enforcement of alleged authority thing works ONLY as far as the people you are trying to enforce it on cooperate. If they decide not to, well,things can go south pretty quick in that case.
They can keep on screwing around and find out. The day will come when we put someone in office that's had about enough of their shit, and just plain tells them to get that HQ the hell out of our country - the Hague is nice this time of year. Why not relocate there? Ya don't have to go home, but ya ain't stayin' here...
One of the plain facts is that the congress has ratified no such treaty, so it's not operational here, no matter how much the UN wishes it was.That's written right in to the Constitution,
Besides, I come from a long line of folks who dealt with treaties, and most of them simply refused to comply if they didn't put their own mark on the treaty themselves. I didn't authorize the UN to lord it over me, I didn't sign any treaty with them - did you? If not, then just lock and load and dare them to try to enforce it on you.
See who blinks first
The long and the short of it is that they can CLAIM all the authority they want, but if we've not given it to them, and we refuse to cooperate in their little power grab, then what they're left with is a fistfull of air, and that's all.
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The guy down the road could, conceivably, come up to my gate and make the bold claim that he runs my house now. I feel like that might not go just the way he planned it to, however. I don't think it would be very long before he was tripping all over himself, trying to get AWAY from my gate and off my property. I'm not sure he would make it, to be honest. It doesn't take as much guts to make a bold but unfounded claim of authority as it does to try enforcing it.
The UN is in pretty much the same position. They've staked their claim, now they'll have to enforce it... and with what? The UN has no army of it's own - it has only the armies that member states volunteer to it. Do any of those member states seriously think they could make an invasion of America to enforce UN edicts on us work? Remember that "rifle behind every blade of grass" thing that gave the Japanese pause for thought. Nowadays, we're much more divided than we were then, so there is only a rifle behind every other blade of grass - still not good odds when the lead starts flying.
See, that enforcement of alleged authority thing works ONLY as far as the people you are trying to enforce it on cooperate. If they decide not to, well,things can go south pretty quick in that case.
They can keep on screwing around and find out. The day will come when we put someone in office that's had about enough of their shit, and just plain tells them to get that HQ the hell out of our country - the Hague is nice this time of year. Why not relocate there? Ya don't have to go home, but ya ain't stayin' here...
One of the plain facts is that the congress has ratified no such treaty, so it's not operational here, no matter how much the UN wishes it was.That's written right in to the Constitution,
Besides, I come from a long line of folks who dealt with treaties, and most of them simply refused to comply if they didn't put their own mark on the treaty themselves. I didn't authorize the UN to lord it over me, I didn't sign any treaty with them - did you? If not, then just lock and load and dare them to try to enforce it on you.
See who blinks first
The long and the short of it is that they can CLAIM all the authority they want, but if we've not given it to them, and we refuse to cooperate in their little power grab, then what they're left with is a fistfull of air, and that's all.
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