[Marxism] On the United Nations

[Tom O'Lincoln]

>>Within the broader antiwar movement in the United States, more moderate 
>>voices have raised the idea of substituting United Nations troops for the 
>>Anglo-American occupation forces in Iraq. <<

In Australia too, of course. I remember this issue arose during the 
disarmament campaigns of the eighties, in a debate about how to deal with 
the U.S. military communications (spy) bases in this country.

The left wing of the movement demanded their closure. The right wing, 
wishing to be more "realistic", suggested they be transferred to the United 
Nations, which would ensure they weren't used for imperialist wars.

Comes the 1991 Gulf War. Guess what, it had UN backing. Had those bases been 
transferred to the UN they would have been used exactly the same.