Or is it just a tool of the US???
2006-10-16 02:00:15 · 14 answers · asked by Forlorn Hope 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The UN is constrained by the self-interest of its member states, especially the five permanent members of the Security Council (US, UK, France, Russia, China). Anything can be vetoed by any one of these five.
I guess it's better than nothing. But third world/nonaligned nations think it's a tool of the powerful, especially the US which ignores it when it suits to do so, while the US constantly criticises and undermines it because it's got a third world/nonaligned majority and doesn't work perfectly.
Reading some of the answers above it is plain to see the anti-UN paranoia at the heart of US policy. American Evangelical Christians (and I'm a Christian) have convinced themselves that the rest of the world, typified by the UN, is one big antiChristian plot against them.
Humbug!
2006-10-16 02:07:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The UN is supposed to be a sign of world synthesis, an external symbol of an inner human need to feel a part of a greater wiser whole. It represents peoples from all over the world in the pursuit of diplomacy and peace rather than aggression and intimidation and control. We all know what the current US govt prefers..and it will do whatever it wants, whenever it wants, to whomever it wants, kicking sand in the face of anyone who disagrees. In this current world period , the UN is not only a tool of the US, but it is also a weapon.
2006-10-16 09:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by PS Drummer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The UN has been dominated by the US since it inception. Each member state pays a portion of the operational costs for the UN...UNESCO, FAO, WHO, etc...and since we are a large country with a relatively stable economy, we are one of the bigger contributors...if the UN chooses to go against us, we with-hold funds and stiffles the effort. We have done this in the 1950s to coerce the UN into many of the follies during the Korean War and many times since.
2006-10-16 09:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha oh man guys guys.. the un is not a tool of the us, the us is a tool of the UN. the un is the mind behind the new world order..do research dont read cnn..learn whats happening around you.
2006-10-16 09:04:20 · answer #4 · answered by David . 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A tool of the US? Nothing could be further from the truth. Most member nations adamantly oppose US policy, to their own detriment. The US should allow the UN to move its HQ elsewhere, and quit supporting this leftist-socialist institution.
2006-10-16 09:03:06 · answer #5 · answered by jh 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The UN certainly is no tool for the US. The UN in its current form should be disseminated to its very core. That is why have a person of John Bolton's Ilk in there is very important. We are getting the real story.
2006-10-16 09:03:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
nope. it has no viable use whatsoever, its just an institution that people think is helpful because it sounds so lofty, but really, what do they actually do? issue sanctions that none of our allies will enforce? please. we need some actual results! Kofi Anan is a weak-willed appeaser and represents the entire U.N. by being, basically, the most useless person on the planet. maybe we could use him as a particularly ugly door stop.
2006-10-16 10:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is of no use. The US just pays out the nose to maintain that charade. No countries want to cooperate with us but we pay for the nonsense of the UN.
2006-10-16 09:03:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What a stupid sub-comment. The UN will ONLY have any kind of valid purpose and use when it returns to AMERICAN values!!!
2006-10-16 09:03:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
None whatsoever. They are totally impotent. I say we move the headquarters to Tehran.
2006-10-16 09:02:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋