Any vote passed by the UN would be irrelevant once we left. Other countries would follow our lead, expotentially accellerating the UN's demise . Your pacifistic arguments are based on the flawed assumption that the UN has something we need, rather than the other way around. Do you honestly think that, once a France led UN enevitably demands it's members "pick sides", there's be anyone left to fold the chairs up at the end of the day?
We leaving will be a permanant veto on the UN itself, and should be accompanied by the creation of a totally new entity, one with principles, transparancy, and accountability. Like Social Security, it needs a true leader to initiate action. A policy of fearing the dark as you seem to favor never gets anyone anywhere.
"Any vote passed by the UN would be irrelevant once we left. Other countries would follow our lead, expotentially accellerating the UN's demise . Your pacifistic arguments are based on the flawed assumption that the UN has something we need, rather than the other way around. Do you honestly think that, once a France led UN enevitably demands it's members "pick sides", there's be anyone left to fold the chairs up at the end of the day?"
The answer to your questions resides in yet another question, but back to you: Has France managed to reduce our coalition of nations in Iraq, or has the U.S. grown that coalition into something that makes the UN membership pale in comparison?
Oh, and you also got my "pacificism" wrong. I'm a hawk. Using force is an American strong suit, an option that I favor. For the UN, if merely withdrawing would work to end it overnight, then I'd be in that camp. But it won't.
All that withdrawing the U.S. from the UN would accomplish would be to surrender our UN veto while yielding global diplomacy to the whims of the French and Chinese.
Withdrawing from the UN would be like a pompous CEO quitting his company under the impression that the firm would fold up after he left. Such CEO's are typically dismayed to learn that the firm stumbles on even without their leadership.
Don't be that CEO.