Comments on: The United Nations Is A Fraud

By: uhm

uhm — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:03:12 +0000

Richard, are you proposing that we give the UN teeth? If so don’t fret because Transnationalist are working hard to consolidate nations into continental unions like the EU. I bet at the end of it there will be a World Government cherry on top.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_union

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:27:50 +0000

I read a lot of criticisms about this situation and the roles of the UN. But I have not yet seen any reasonably effective solutions proposed to resolve the situation. Any real ideas out there? Or just a lot of hot air?????

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:48:05 +0000

If you were Tony Blair, what would you do to obtain the release of the Royal Navy’s sailors and marines?
Everyone is criticizing his efforts, but no one has a really FEASIBLE answer!!!

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:33:03 +0000

If any of us were Tony Blair, what WOULD or SHOULD we do to get the Iranians to free the British sailors and marines?
As for the UN Security Council itself, it is not the UN itself that has failed. Instead, it is the nations of the world (and especially the veto powers on the Security Council) who have failed the UN.
Finally, recalling our American history, let’s remember how weak and ineffective our own national government was under our original form of government, i.e., The Articles of Confederation. Every state tried to be as independent as possible, while providing only minimum cooperation with the national government and the other states.
It was only after the Constitution was finally written and adopted that the USA really began to become a unified nation.
And, if we continually bypass or ignore the UN, then we’re back to the old tradition historical game of “balance of power”. That “game” has produced and then destroyed any number of nations and empires, e.g. the Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, and British “empires”. And that list doesn’t include all the other empires of world history, from the Persians, the Babylonians, the Mongols and even the Muslim “empire” from about 700 to 1500 A.D.\
One last fact of life we Americans seem reluctant to admit. . .we really don’t want to fight much anymore or in the foreseeable future. The average age of our population is 36 and getting older every year. Our net savings rate is on the negative side and we keep borrowing from the Chinese (among others) to finance our ever-growing national government’s debts; the “baby boom” generation is beginning to make its claims on the Social Security system that is increasingly overburdened with Medicare and Medicaid as every American tries to live as long as he or she can possibly live. . . while not producing anything!!!
Within 100 years, America will probably be eclipsed by the economic and political power of China and India. And Indonesia, Brazil and even Nigeria may be major players on the world scene.
Meanwhile, we don’t even want to draft our young people to defend their own country. Instead, we keep creating a professional (mercenary) army to defend an increasingly old, lazy, fat, soft population that just wants to “enjoy” their eats, collect useless “stuff” and watch more and more trash on TV.
We have probably 100 yearsto begin to create and get a decent system of world goverance based on law and not primarily force. If we don’t, we will (like the Romans?) eventually begin to lose battles (and troops) overseas and ultimately withdraw to our national borders. And then we could possibly be as limited a power as Great Britain is today.

By: Stephen Littau

Stephen Littau — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:14:52 +0000

…and I’m sure the P.O.W.s are being treated per the Geneva convention standards complete with a nice place to pray, no sleep deprivation, and without subjecting them to stress positions.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:09:46 +0000

“I hate to break it to you guys, but it is the US and the UK who declared war on Iran a while back.”

Seizure of the U.S. Embassy and subsequent holding of hostages, 1979.

Bombing of U.S. Embassy and Marine Barracks, Beirut, 1983.

Kidnapping and subsequent murder of CIA Station Chief, Beirut, 1984.

Bombing of Israeli Embassy in Argentina, 1992.

Bombing of USAF Barracks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, 1996.

I’m pretty sure it was Iran that declared war on us.

By: Don Lloyd

Don Lloyd — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:16:34 +0000

AV, Yep, you got itâ€¦.Hasta La Vista to the so-called Iranian Nuclear Program! That would be cruel, forcing them to upgrade. Regards, Don

By: Arshad

Arshad — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:09:23 +0000

Where was UN when Iraq was invaded..?? Where is UN now that Iraq is occupied and hundred of thousand lives lost..?? Where is UN when few developed countries are converting food into Oil ( bio-fuel )while the poor nations starve..?? Is it not time for the imbecilic war monger leaders to wake and see what they are doing to this world..?? The world would be a better place should we appoint Mr. Bugs Bunny as secretary general of UN along with Elmer Fudd as the president of USA… and give the veto powers to Mr. Daffy Duck…

By: A.V.

A.V. — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:58:19 +0000

I stand corrected…make that its 7th decade

By: R. Brock

R. Brock — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:57:57 +0000

The UN is indeed a fraud! I think the old adage that “If you’re not part of the solution, you are part of the problem”, applies. Why do we suffer such deluded, perversity to reside on our shores, or anywhere else for that matter? I have heard it said that it is a useful diplomatic tool. I fail to see how. John Bolton, where are you?

By: A.V.

A.V. — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:52:15 +0000

A simple question….,

What gives the Iranians the right to think that they’re hip enough to handle nuclear weapons?

Heck, the technology is in it’s 6th decade, it’s old hat, and they’re still trying to master a centrifuge….really guys, give it up, would ya:)

By: A.V.

A.V. — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:48:14 +0000

The UN will evolve, but only after enough ordinance is dropped to make all the stiffs that sit in that chamber realize…..yes realize, they really do have a job to do, so stop snoozing and boozing, and get to work a…holes

By: David

David — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:46:52 +0000

The UN is nothing but a corrupt forum for any second rate fascist country that wants to stand up and bash the United States and its allies.

I strongly support the U.S. withdrawing from the U.N. and evicting the U.N. from New York. Let those self-serving moral cretins meet somewhere more appropriate, like France or Belgium.

“U.N. Security Council,” what a joke.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:46:30 +0000

I hate to break it to you guys, but it is the US and the UK who declared war on Iran a while back. It has been years now that Bush and his poodle have been threatening Iran with possible military action. And by the way, there is no conclusive evidence that the British sailors were in Iraqi waters.

This said, I agree that the UN is a sham. It is primarily a tool to justify Israeli and US military actions against countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Serbia. Let us be honest here, the biggest violator of UN resolutions is Israel, closely followed by the US.

By: Vince

Vince — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:45:30 +0000

Unfortunately, this type of criticism usually stems from people who don’t quite understand why the United Nations was founded in the first place. Are you so isolated from the news media that you are still in denial about Iraq? Unfortunately, many of us predicted the outcome before the first plane landed there.

Back to the UN, it was partly founded as a world government, so asking the UN to attack Iran, would be a little like asking California to attack Texas (No pun intended, I’ve been to Texas, and I sometimes think I might be better off living in Iran)