I am saying it is not ridicules.
as an analogy I pointed out that on this very site many people look at the UN the same way many people in the Middle East and the Balkans look at America.
America supports a number of what are seen as pro Western dictatorships in the Middle East the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait amongst others.
When Iraq invaded Kuwait America responded with her military might, and kicked Iraq out, when Israel invaded Lebanon, America was seen to do nothing.
Israel her self survives due to American military muscle.
Therefore American involvement in other parts of the world is seen as a catalyst for the hatred some of the militant factions of other cultures.
If the UN wielded the same power in America as America wields world wide I would not be surprised if patriots such as your self would take action against the UN.
I have served in many parts of the globe and I have seen first hand the resentment towards both my country and more to the point yours, solely due to the power and the assumed right we have in manipulating local sitauations to suit our world view point.
Tony