RE: UN security council
With all due respect PLAwolf, but I don’t think that the US has any other responsiblities than to look after the interests of it’s own people, and perhaps that of it’s allies. In my view the US is not responsible for all the bad things in the world (and neither for all that’s good), and is not solely responsible, if at all, for solving the world’s problems.
I do agree with you, however, that the UN is not a very usefull in most respects. In particular the veto power of permanent members of the UNSC has a very negative effect on the way the organization works. While during the Cold War this system undoubtedly helped to prevent the Cold War from ever turning into a ‘Hot War’, the negative effects are clearly distinguishable. Another problem with the UN is that the members are often undemocratic countries, which don’t care about human life, but only about their current regimes remaining in power. The effects of this too, are clearly visible. And lastly, with Lybia becoming the chair of the UN Human Rights Commission I cannot understand how anyone can take that commission serious anymore.
Shalom,
Jonathan
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