Pretty much everyone in the United States knows that the UN is dysfunctional. However there are some recent developments that are disturbing.
One concern (and that’s stating it mildly) is the recent additions to the UN “Human Rights Council.” The new countries on the committee are: China, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, and (as if those weren’t bad enough) Cuba! What a nice list of countries with reputations for being the most brutal and torturous on the planet. I’m sure they would give good advice to France, Germany, and etc. on how to deal with Darfur and other failed situations.
The UN defeats its primary purpose: stopping war. With all the warring countries together, the rogue countries (e.g. China, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, and Cuba) can bully around, manipulate, and deceive others and get away with it. The UN has not stopped a single war from happening since WWII. It was NATO, not the UN that stopped the Cold War. The UN still hasn’t done anything about Darfur.
The UN is a lumbering old giant that can’t solve problems. The Oil-for-Food scandal, (the program is also known as “Oil-for-Terrorism,” “Oil-for-Palaces,” “Oil-for-alliances with France” etc.) run by Kofi Annan’s son, is good proof of that.
One glimmer of hope is that ambassador John Bolton has the guts to stand up to all the left European countries. The only problem is that he’s at that post only for a little while. The Democrats in Congress didn’t want someone who would institute change, so they stopped him with ridiculous charges at the Senate floor. Then Bush pulled a little-known law off the shelf and dusted it off, making Bolton the ambassador to the UN without the Senate’s approval. Bolton is trying all he can to reform the organization, but there’s only so much you can do within a defective system such as the UN.
The US pays the most into UN coffers, (I think about 20% of their revenue comes from us) but we only get one vote on key issues. The UN constitution is flawed. For that matter the whole organization is flawed.
June 19th, 2006 at 11:25 am
Good post. I think that America should get out of the UN just becouse of this. We have people from all these deffrent countrys with diffrent world views under one roof, nothing can get done in that place. If we just lesson to George Washington after he left office, dont allied your self (america) with any one.
June 19th, 2006 at 11:31 am
As much as I can agree, George Washington didn’t say that.
He said that we should beware of entangeling military allinances He didn’t say no alliances whatsoever. He belived that trade was good and trade agreements are beneficial.
June 19th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
Hi,
I wonder if it’s possible to disband the UN all together? Probably not. One thing I see that is screwy is the language barrier - that must get arduos at times, even with the headphones, I mean, all those different cultural beliefs, too.
Great reading, thanks. I found your blog off of Chris’ dad’s, hope you don’t mind. I try to practice Christianity, too, and I’ve been babtized like you.
June 19th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
Like I said (and GavinO said) it defeats its own purpose.
Remember that I am probably a thousand miles away from you. I don’t know who Chris or his dad is.
I’m glad you gathered that I am a Christian. Feel free to read some of my other posts where I’m not so sarcastic.
June 20th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Wow, thanks Alt for the comment on my blog!_!
The Chris was Chris Knodel and on his blog link to his dad you said something about his dad was there when you were babtized. Go to Chris Knodel.net and click on dad and there you will be.
Where are you as far as where you live? I started to read your bio, electric engineer I think, I’ll continue reading it and your new posts.
June 20th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
Oh okay, that clears it up.
Sorry, can’t tell you my location.
June 21st, 2006 at 4:35 am
I am such a idoit, it would be good to Google this before I posted it to the internet. You are right althusius, I am sorry about that.
August 19th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
[…] Israel launched another raid into Lebanon with the expressed intention of stopping a shipment of arms getting to Hezbollah. Of course, everybody is angry about Israel’s supposed violation of the truce, without saying that Hezbollah violated it by trying to get weapons and refusing to disarm. People are disappointed with France, which hasn’t been very reliable or diligent in its obligations to keep the peace. That is to be expected, of course, along with the ceasefire not working, and the UN’s inability to do anything. Just another straw in the barn sized stack of hay showing evidence of the UN’s inability to accomplish its mission. For you new readers, I would recommend going back to my previous posts and read them to get more of an idea of what this blog is mostly about. The Islam discussion was off topic, though still enjoyable and educational, as all debates are. I hope you will post your thoughts as they come to you in comments, which I will likely be able to answer, since that doesn’t take as much time. […]