why do you think the US would ignore the UN at times? Do you think it is right or wrong ?
829121
Before Germany invaded france and poland to start all out war in WW2 the league of nations ignored the threat of military buildup of troops by Geermany look what happened.\n\nLook at Sudan, Saddam didn't listen, why should the U.S.\n\nWhen there is an organisation that has member nations sitting on human rights panels but yet violate human rights makes you wonder.\n\nThe U.N. is more like a directors meeting, it is there to assist in communication and help if member nations agree to.\n\nIt is not mandatory for one nation to obey the U.N.\n\nAmerica pays the biggest fee to be a member, and yet is always shot down, yet when tragdy is in the world everybody demands the U.S. to do more.\n\nThe U.N. is a waste, N.A.T.O has bigge cajonas than the U.N.\n\nWhile Canadian, American, and British troops are fighting the Taliban for the benefit of Afghans other countries are sitting back paying lip service but not getting into the NATO supported fight for the people of Afghan.\n\nAnd the Canadian / U.S. soft lumber deal was a NAFTA issue not the U.N. it was a NAFTA panel that supported Canadas motion, and if the Liberal powers of the time were not so rude to our american cousins the soft lumber deal probably wouldn't have happened.  If the U.S. wants to put a pipeline in on their side of lake Ontario to get water that is their choice.\n\nBut When you look at world bodies it sounds like a bunch of bull than a world striving for results.\n\nIf the U.N. cared they wouldn't wait for Sudan to ask for international help, cause there is genocide going on a real leader stands up and takes the fall if it does not work, otherwise it is just another level of political bull.
199072
well, if the people werent so outspoken against ridding the world of a bad influence and a troublemaking nation, and voted their tax dollars to military operations, yes, it could be quite easy. even easier if the US were to break from the UN and disregard any Geneva Convention violations. the Geneva Convention and the UN only work for the countries who participate, all others fully intend to settle conflicts in their own manner
1078463
Yes. The U.N. is primarily made up of countries that would have to be considered as run by dictators.  Nothing good can come from such an organisation.  We cling to it in hope of it fullfilling its inteded purpose.  We should accept its failure or get rid of the countries that are not in compliance with the founding principals. As it is, it is only a way of helping evil prevail.
337118
Kofi Annan is a dweeb.\n\nThe United Nations holds virtually no power or authority, and frankly, they don't really support the USA on any issues (look up the US voting record in the UN, and look up the UN's final decision).  Yet America supplies most of their funding and stuff.\n\nThe concept is good, but the results have been poor, from a US perspective.
639529
Never. And maybe if we had stuck around in Iraq after the Gulf War instead of counting on the UN inspectors to do their jobs, we could have put out little fires before they became big ones.\n\nSorry for putting "UN" in the same sentence with "do their jobs". It couldn't be helped.
335852
The UN needs to go. It's a waste of money and valuable real estate in NYC. They really don't do anybody any good other than to sponge money from the USA.
1088023
The reason why the UN is established in the first place is to have a neutral ground where international disputes and issues can be discussed by all the member states.  Therefore, I think that having the UN is better than having each state have their say on international issues using their own ways (wars, etc.)  It was after the second world war that this organization came to be.  Hence, it is an important impartial way of avoiding conflicts worldwide.
171194
They are doing as good job as the members in the UN let them to do especially those nations that have a veto vote. When they cannot agree the failure isnt just UNs fault but it also leans onto the veto nations in the UN. That include the US.
528648
This time, I don't care if the U.S. has to, metaphorically, take the UN by the scruff of the neck and smash their smug, self-righteous faces into the conference table.  I don't care if we have to berate and belittle them.  The UN is making itself IRRELEVANT.  It never does anything but talk.\n\nAnother person just wrote about the killings and starvation deaths in Rwanda and the Sudan, tacitly approved by the UN through their inaction.  We need a public relations campaign to improve the image of the U.S., and to expose the UN for the frauds they are.
897349
Of course they do, and they want the U.N. at the helm!\n\nThe United Nations actively pursues anti-American policies and appeases America's enemies, while being largely funded by $3 billion worth of annual American dues. After revealing the depth of rampant corruption in the UN, it is time to recognize the changes in Old Europe and redesign America's alliances that line up with America's national interests. \n\nIf John Kerry and Hillary Clinton have their way, Kofi Annan and Jacques Chirac will gain veto power over American foreign policy. Scared? You should be. It could happen. And in Inside the Asylum, former deputy undersecretary of defense Jed Babbin shows just how it could happen and why the UN deserves the nickname "The Asylum." \n\nIn the Asylum... \n\n* the UN assists international terrorists. Babbin exposes the shocking links between the UN and terrorist organizations. \n\n* The money trail from the UN to Saddam Hussein. It is time to rip the veil from the outrageous Oil-for-Food program-proving that the UN sold its moral legitimacy for oil, stuffed its own pockets at the expense of the Iraqi people, and undermined American pressure on Saddam Hussein: the UN's cash cow. The UN's Oil-for-Food program, provided Saddam Hussein with the means to bribe politicians, to deprive his people of needed food and medicine, and to literally steal billions of dollars. There is even emerging evidence that money from the program might have gone to support al-Qaeda. \n\n• The UN's raid on the American Treasury: dominated by Third World staffers who consider the United States Treasury "the common heritage of mankind." Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, is an anti-American moral relativist who misses no opportunity to arrogate power from the United States to the UN. \n\n* The United Nations and the European Union are morally bankrupt-and open enemies of the United States. France and the United Nations have cost American lives in Iraq by their perverse delaying of American action in the Iraq War. American troops are fighting and dying today because of a terrorist strategy Saddam Hussein developed while France and the United Nations delayed Operation Iraqi Freedom. \n\nThe UN is more of an international criminal than a dispenser of legitimate international law. If America wants to retain its sovereignty and security, it's time to escape from the UN asylum and say goodbye to the false friends of Old Europe. We owe no tribute to the UN and the EU, We should not be ashamed and divided to look after our own defense." \n\nThe United Nations building in Manhattan is an international enclave, no longer American territory. Inside the Asylum is a powerful argument that it's time to reclaim that land for America.
835821
You're spot on. The UN is acting as a country unto itself. Their inability to operate effectively is proof. They sit on their bloodstained hands when they are needed most and point fingers and accuse when they need to STFU and sit quietly. The graft and deception going on in the UN almost makes the governmental back room dealing a non-issue.
265570
Because the UN is ineffective, the US scoffs it's authourity unless it listens to us and thus it never gets anything done well
401879
As if \nlol!\nEven though they founded the UN, and they house the UN, they seem incapable of working with the rest of the world at times!
174406
The UN has always been a joke.  Recent US actions didnt change that they just pointed out what we all already knew.  I am visiting Bosnia and all the places that were designated UN safe zones where everybody got murdered because they were foolish enough to trust the UN.  Until the UN actually shows it is competant enough to do something (anything) the US and other countries like Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia will just keep doing whatever they want whether you agree with these actions is another question.
640034
Why keep the UN at all? It is a joke. For people who need help, the best they can hope for from the UN is to not be raped by their 'peacekeeper' forces.\n\nWe could set up a union of free and willing democratic states who would actually step up and fight wrongs in this world.
437734
I absolutely agree with your last sentence.  But I think because the U.S. and U.N carved out Israel from Palestine in 1948 after WWII, we are kind of responsible.  But i still think we should mind our own d@mn business
263645
I am an American, and I as you do not believe that we should be pushing something on countries that do not want it. I think if a majority of the citizens want help then we should help, but if a majority don't then we should back off.