[Condor51]

****It is surely scandalous that 'impartial' UNIFIL personnel are being used to provide Hizbollah with battle relevent information, however it does remind me of US government infilitration (sic) and use of UNSCOM to spy on Iraq in the late '90's. Of course that's different and I'm sure all of that information was compartmentalized and not used in the 2003 invasion.****

Yep, you're right. Even we, the honorable USA, uses the U.N. to suit our needs.

Ergo, the only rational conclusion is that the U.N. should be disbanded as it serves no useful purpose as it is 100% corruptable. Right?

[Dannebrog]

"Yep, you're right. Even we, the honorable USA, uses the U.N. to suit our needs.

Ergo, the only rational conclusion is that the U.N. should be disbanded as it serves no useful purpose as it is 100% corruptable. Right?"



Well, not quite. Although it has clearly failed to act on numerous occasions, is riddled by corruption and is overly dominated by the most powerful countries, it still serves a useful purpose if only as a forum for debate.

Surely if the U.N. is not functioning properly the first response should be to reform it. Maybe we could start with scrapping the vetoes, giving it less tasks or providing it with more money.