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Originally Posted by Betonov
The UN should have more teeth when it comes to warlords and dictators.
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This is the problem the US has with the UN.
We want the UN to have authority over the sovereignty over countries we don't like and the power to stop actions we don't approve of.
However, we don't want the UN to have authority over the sovereignty over countries we do like (including US) and we don't want the UN to have the power to stop actions we approve of.
It really get's tricky when other countries have the same ideas.
The UN was truly perverted when the Nuclear Five were given veto powers in the Security Council. All countries are equal but some are more equal.
The problem was the the Nuclear Five would never have agreed to the UN unless they were given exemptions.
The hypocrisy comes in when people of the United States bitch about how useless the UN is, while the US and the other Nuclear Five do everything in their power to ensure that the UN does not interfere with our respective national and economic agendas.
I support the UN in my profession and I will be the first to admit it is an imperfect organization, but far from useless. People must realize that the UN came into being like a bastard child - half improvised, half compromised.
The question we should be asking is how can the US help the UN in its mission.
If we are not willing to compromise our national and economic agenda in support of the UN, how can we expect other nations to do so?