The "Problem" of American Intervention
The "Problem" of American Intervention

Summary/Abstract: A day after the attack on the World Trade Center, French Ambassador to the UN Jean-David Lefitte (now the current UN Security Council President) proposed resolution 1368 which, for the first time in UN history, labeled terrorist attacks as a threat to peace. At the same time, the resolution authorized the US to pursue the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The quick alignment of the UN with the US was exceptional, perhaps due to the fact that the Security Council members themselves watched the Towers collapse. A year later, though the US continues in the pursuit of terrorism, the UN and Europe now view America with skepticism that sometimes borders on personal threat.

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