(03-17-2022, 01:43 PM)OutsiderFan Wrote:(03-17-2022, 12:20 PM)gailtate Wrote: While we're at this sanction thing, can we lead an effort to de-fund the U.N.? It is a long-time planetary disgrace. And an epic waste of ultra-premium east-side Manhattan property. All that this debating society does is enable Russia, China and Iran while trying to undermine the Israelis. U.N. peacekeepers? Sex criminals led by corrupt apparatchiks in cheap suits. Useless as teats on roosters.
Zelensky effectively called out the UN in his speech to Congress March 16, when he suggested the need for a UN-type organization comprised only of the world's democracies. This body would be able to act on global issues that the UN can't effectively address at the speed they must be.
The UN does do some good things and I don't think the world is better without it, but it also has failed at some very important things like preventing this war in Ukraine, for example, that show the need for something else that can prevent something similar from happening in the future.
The UN has proven it is good for one thing, and one thing only. Talking...that's all they do. Talk.