2006-07-25 04:34:00 · 5 answers · asked by Poj23 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
for example, the UN peacekeepers have been in Lebanon since the 1970's..what has been accomplished?
2006-07-25 04:41:56 · update #1
In the way of what exactly??
The UN is only in the way when convenient to be so. Remember they were in the way with the whole Saddam thing. Didn't stop anybody did it?
2006-07-25 04:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by prinsin99 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The UN is only as powerful as its member nations make it. Since the US could care less unless it is doing exactly what we want (see Bush's comment to Blair that was ignored in favor of his sh** comment). Look at the man we (by we I mean Bush) sent to represent us there. He has said a number of times that there shouldn't even be a UN. With that sort of support, of course the UN is weaker than it should be.
In answer to your additional details - Lebanon is now (or at least was) a democratically elected government, had stopped supporting terrorists, and was a decent place to be.
2006-07-25 11:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read john j's answer, he got most of it.
for the proof of what he said, look at west africa. look at sierra leone and liberia who were asking for help when we invaded iraq instead. of course, three years later iraq is screwed. liberia and sierra leone are both peaceful, progressing, etc.
depends entirely on cirumstances beyond the un's control. further, they conduct humanitarian operations. the idea that the un is useless because it is a failure as a military power is absurd. first off, it has a track record of sucesses as well as failures militarily, just as we do. further, as i said, if there were no military branch of the UN it would not deem it useless unless tents to the displaced, medicine for the sick, bandages for the injured, food for the hungry is a just a total waste of time.
lastly, name any country where the UN has 136,000 soldiers and is still losing the war? they do not have 136,000 soldiers worldwide, yet have many sucesses. we have 136,000 in one country and are losing that war, so how exactly do we criticize the un on military operations? how is that possible?
2006-07-25 12:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Wolfe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not in the way of things. They can be helpful as long as they are not being undermined or being used as pawns.
2006-07-25 11:45:27 · answer #4 · answered by P P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets abolish the UN, it serves no purpose anyway
2006-07-25 12:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by marceldev29 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋