The short story of the UN's demise

Posted by Michael Sidiropoulos on March 19, 2003 at 10:36:18:

In Reply to: What Happens to U.S for going aginst the U.N? posted by Scott on March 18, 2003 at 01:48:43:

If you're thinking that the UN may apply sanctions to the US, forget it. That won't happen. What HAS happened is exactly what happened to the League of Nations, pre-decessor of the UN. The UN's credibility has suffered irreparable damage and the UN is forever irrelevant.

In its current form and structure the UN is inherently unable to fulfill its role. The majority of its state members are dictatorial regimes which cannot claim to represent their people. To think that those gangs of dictators will be allowed to influence global affairs is ludicrous.

The fact that Libya is now in charge of the UN's human rights effort speaks for itself.

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1. Re: The short story of the UN's demise Andrew J 03:28:30 03/22/03 (0)

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