"The UN is as useful now as the League of Nations was after WWI."
Not true. The League was FAR more useful.
1) We didn't fund the League of Nations to the tune of billions of dollars.
2) We didn't subject ourselves to League of Nations jurisdiction on any level.
3) We didn't care much what the League of Nations had to say, period.
4) We didn't have the League of Nations on U.S. soil.
5) We didn't deal with any members of the League of Nations as if they were our equals because they were recognized by the League of Nations.
6) We didn't have to veto stupid actions by the League of Nations.
7) We didn't watch the League of Nations Secretary General get rich starving Iraqi children.
8) We didn't have to combat League of Nations funded terrorists.
9) We didn't have to watch our 'allies' use the League of Nations to block action in defense of freedom.
10) We didn't have to watch our enemies use their seats at the League of Nations to send hundreds of spies to the U.S. under diplomatic cover.
That's all I got so far. Got more?
The League of Nations wasn't organizing multilateral treaties designed to bring this country's resource industries to their knees (and the economy with them).
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Yes, the league of nations did not develop the UNs particualr version of communism called sustainable development. Sustainable development is now inculcated in every federal and most state agencies in the nation. Furthermore it is being pushed into the local level with local Agenda 21, smart growth, community plan and land use planning by viewshed, scenic view and watershed management.