Is the United Nations legitimate or not??

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

Originally posted by: BoberFett
And also, Nemesis, if you consider an extra 6 months to a year longer life "kicking ass" then you're a moron.

Of course, differences between modern countries aren't that big, but they do tell something about the healthcare-system. And combined with the infant-mortality-statistics, they tell even more.

It seems to me that you just learned something you didn't want to know, and you are annoyed because of it 😉.

i'll bet our infant mortality rates are higher, which means our old people live longer, so, HA!

Huh? Besides, that was proven wrong with the life-expectancy-statistic 😉

I guess you missed the point. Out of X number of people born, let Y stand for the number of infant deaths, and Z stand for the average life expectancy. If Y goes up, it drags Z down. Having a percentage of people dying during infancy is automatically going to drag down the average life expectancy.

That said, I dont believe the average person in the USA has the best health care in the world. However, I think it can be argued that the USA has the best health care in the world... if you can pay for it. In other words, living in Cleveland I heard on several occassions that some sheik or prince had rented out two floors of (insert high priced hotel here), one floor for him, and one for his harem (this is why it made the news), while he was being treated at University Hospital. We also have the Mayo Clinic in the USA.

 

[Gaard]

"Iraq has been disobeying the UN for the past 12 years. They are constantly in material breach of UN resolution 1441, among others. They are clearly in violation of the UN mandated no-fly zones. It was tough, but we finally got the ok to send the UN inspectors back in."

*realizes the UN is hindering our efforts to go to war with Iraq.*

"The UN is a worthless POS organization. They serve little to no purpose and we should pull out. Spineless cowards."

 

[308nato]

You do of course realize that in about 5 weeks, Libya/Colonel Gadaffi take over as the ELECTED chair of the UN commission on human rights don't you.

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: 308nato
You do of course realize that in about 5 weeks, Libya/Colonel Gadaffi take over as the ELECTED chair of the UN commission on human rights don't you.

ANd dont forget Iraq will be chairing the conference on disarming soon.