Originally Posted by CowboyTed

So if country needs help after a civil war or natural disaster we let them live in unrest or strave...

I laugh at these get rid of the UN guys... The US generally has no clue what the UN does... They have about 75,000 troops and staff on the ground worldwide putting countries back together, providing relief and arraging elections...

The US don't know this because the US histortically have given very few troops to the UN.

There has been critism of these troops at times but nearly all the complaints come from either lack of boots on the ground or there mandate stops them doing what they want to do.

The anti-UN guys don't realise that the UN doesn't drop bombs from aircraft in civillan areas.. They are a lot less gung ho than the US army. This because they a nation building and trying to enforce a usually fragile peace... This takes great bravery and there is alot of natins worldwide which are there death.

The security concil if one of the most frustrating aspects of the UN but none of the SC perment members (including the US) will loose there veto. the US uses the veto sololy more than anyone else. This is usually concerning Israels actions...

By the way if it wasn't for the UN, Iran culd get the bomb tomorrow no problem.. Actually anyone could do anything internally in there country with consquences this would include genocide, building nuclear bombs, building enviromentally unsound facillities(i.e. a nuclear plant with no concern for saftely), all boarder would be solved by the gun, all trade disputes would end in embargoes.. No curbs to arms trade... Elections rigged without remorse.. will I continue