Is it time to rearrange the UN security council?

[fskimospy]

At what point does corrupt act after corrupt act stop being anecdotal and become endemic? The UN is also known for giving aid and cover to Hamas during the last Israeli/Lebanese war, allowing them to fire rockets on Israeli civlians from their compounds. The UN has literally been indicted for raping babies in Africa. And let's not forget Oil for Food of course.

A long, long time after this. Considering the millions of people it has employed and the thousands of actions it has taken... yeah.

People expect too much from the UN sometimes. The idea that it could ever bring about world peace or whatever is dumb, but it does plenty of good things. I know you're required as part of being a card carrying right winger to hate the UN, but in reality it's such a small entity in the scheme of things, and on the balance it does more good than harm. It's like hating on NPR and Planned Parenthood. It's good to rile people up, but the argument is a waste of everyone's time.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Just get rid of the UN completely

As a aid organization, it is riddled with corruption.
As a military body, it has no teeth
As a political pulpit, it is a game of one upsmanship

<<----what he said!!

 

[yllus]

That is laughable. The UN does not engage the rest of the world. the UN gives legitimacy to corrupt third world dictators and allows them to stay in power.

And they wouldn't stay in power if the UN wasn't in place? It's a forum, nothing more. At worst it leads to a lot of hot air, at best it gets leaders to meet face to face to talk about thorny issues.