Hamas endorses Obama

[shinerbock]

To be fair, the UN's reliance on the United States extends far beyond mere financial support.

For example, they were completely unprepared to take significant action on Iraq, despite a decade of Saddam rebuking their authority. (I'm not arguing the war here, just that the UN has no inherent spine).

Look at today, where the IAEA pitched a fit about Syria, and the US told them to go screw themselves. The world's nuclear agency didn't have the information, so they bitched at the US.

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

To be fair, the UN's reliance on the United States extends far beyond mere financial support.

For example, they were completely unprepared to take significant action on Iraq, despite a decade of Saddam rebuking their authority. (I'm not arguing the war here, just that the UN has no inherent spine).

Look at today, where the IAEA pitched a fit about Syria, and the US told them to go screw themselves. The world's nuclear agency didn't have the information, so they bitched at the US.

The UN is as effective as the permanent 5 will let it be. In another word, the perm 5 does not want an effective UN.

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by moe.ron

The UN is as effective as the permanent 5 will let it be. In another word, the perm 5 does not want an effective UN.

For the UN to be effective, the perm 5 has to facilitate it, they are not restraining some innately powerful entity.