Re: The UN

[Kevin Tarr]

> > Jeroen wrote:
> > Come on now! While most of the world gives credibility
> > to the UN, you claim
> > as Absolute Truth that the UN is a discredited body.
>
> Unfortunately, the UN has no real teeth. They make resolutions and fail to
> follow-up when the resolution is ignored. The original weapons
inspections
> are a perfect example.
>
> My personal viewpoint on the UN is that they are similar to a parent that
> makes constant empty unenforced threats to make their children behave and
> then are amazed when the children rebel and get away with it.
>
> This is not to say that the UN doesn't do good things in the world, but
when
> the UN makes a resolution and doesn't enforce it, why should they be taken
> seriously? What motivates rogue countries to comply when they know with
> almost no doubt that the UN will not do ANYTHING to force them to comply?
>

How many months would the UN last if the US decided to pull out of the UN?
Not very many I wouldnt think.

rob

<agree> Weren't the clamoring for a new building a few months ago? Fine, let them build it in Bogota, Paris, Johannesburg, or Riyadh.

Or they build it on the site of the world trade towers and they HAVE TO walk past the victims memorial everyday. No side doors, no elevators from a sub basement.

Kevin T.

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