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Originally Posted by sneddog
I am still waiting for one success of the UN.
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There are three explanations for the better UN success rate. First, a different selection of cases might produce a different result. Second, the US cases were intrinsically more difficult, for the most part being larger and often more internally conflicted. Third, the UN has done a better job of learning from its mistakes than has the US over the past 15 years. All of these explanations are valid, but the third has the most to teach us.
Source: James Dobbins: The US and UN ways of Nation Building | UNAUSA.org
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Simply funding UN mandates could be less expensive than any such task undertaken by a single State.
We have plenty of nation-building to do domestically that could result in lowering public and private sector costs while creating jobs that cannot be exported overseas.
Why are our politicians involving us in foreign entanglements that require the use of our exorbitantly expensive superpower?