The aim of the United Nations was to develop a framework for international peace and security. After the second world war, FDR understood the need for peace and security.
One of the first triumphs of the International System that FDR setup was the decolonization of Africa and Asia in the sixties. The US intervention in Korea was under a United Nations mandate. The UN peacekeeping force ensured stability in Suez after the crisis.
I have never implied that the UN is perfect nor have I implied that it has never derailed from its original purpose. The best way to deal with it is not to leave it, but to fight for reforms.
You think that if we simply leave the UN that our foreign policy would be enhanced, that our clout in the world will increase? No way, sir.
On what basis would we deal with North Korea apart from the UN? You think we can simply drop an atomic bomb there and all will be well? Do you think we can invade North Korea and expect China to sit idly by?
If we are outside the international system, on what basis would we deal with China and Russia?
We can discuss issues like reducing our contribution to the United Nations, these are valid issues. Leaving the UN entirely is not.
Sorry King, I’m in the FLUSH the UN camp, it is unredeemable...FDR’s (rip) ideal was poisoned from the beginning. All that it would take to destroy the UN is total de-funding from the US...no other UN member country gives a crap about anything except their skim.
The UN is NEST of Hate America and enabling our enemies.
Almost all Wars or Programs the UN is heavily involved in results in abject failure or worse. Can you name any UN sucesses?