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Do you still support the United Nations?

Do you still support the UN?


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Simple enough.

I do.

Do you?
 
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In general, do you approve of them or not.

I assume you mean the ideal that brought them into being. Yes. Is it a perfect organization? No. Would we ever allow them to power to actually do anything? No. But even tilting windmills can serve a purpose.
 
In general, do you approve of them or not.

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That's far too broad of a question to be answered with a yes or no. The UN has some extremely effective organizations (World Health Organization), some laughably awful organizations (Human Rights Council), and plenty of inept bureaucracies (Security Council). It doesn't really make sense to ask if one approves of the UN, since it merely reflects the views of its member states.
 
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That's far too broad of a question to be answered with a yes or no. The UN has some extremely effective organizations (World Health Organization), some laughably awful organizations (Human Rights Council), and plenty of inept bureaucracies (Security Council). It doesn't really make sense to ask if one approves of the UN, since it merely reflects the views of its member states.

Legitimate, I'd chose "On the fence" if I were you. I simply asked this because I've noticed a fair bit of people on this site who completely detest the UN in every way and would like to see the US leave the UN. I wanted to see the actual ratio.
 
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I don't care that it exists, I'd just prefer we (the US) not be a part of it.
 
I theory? Sure. In practice? Ehhh... I wouldn't go as far as to say I detest them, but they seem to be generally inept and bureaucratic to the point where I wouldn't trust them to find their way out of a paper bag. I find the UN sort of embarrassing more than anything.

I voted "on the fence." Another one of those good ideas that has turned out to not work so well in practice.
 
I always thought Moynihan had the best response. It was something like: responding yes the United Nations has problems, but it is the mechanism for the world to communicate with itself. What do you do? Go away from the world?
 
I support the UN when it benefits my position, just like everyone else; this is why the institution is largely a joke. With the likes of Syria on the Human Rights Council, France having a veto, peace keeping blunders and unmitigated BS, who can take it seriously all the time.
 
You ever hear the saying keep your friends close and your eneimes closer? NK won't run anything, but merely being a part of it keeps them fairly close.

But, regardless, I would not suggest it can't be improved. There is something between total acceptance and saying to hell with it.

lol. you're actually serious. that's what's funny.
 


If this doesn't work, it was around 4 minutes 24 seconds.

Or if you want straight to it...

 
I definitely support the U.N. Ignoring the whiny losers who think international relations is about getting your ego stroked, it gives the U.S. significant diplomatic advantages. In addition to veto power, having the U.N. building on our soil gives us an edge in negotiations and espionage. International diplomacy has to happen somewhere, and it makes sense to hold it in a forum where we have an edge.
 
the US used to define itself through "state rights". once the FED took the state rights over, this country has
steadily went downhill. what resonates in your peon brains that you actually believe surrendering to an even larger power
base politic will solve the problems which have been designated by this same idiotic type of surrender?
what the **** is wrong with you people?
 
the US used to define itself through "state rights". once the FED took the state rights over, this country has
steadily went downhill. what resonates in your peon brains that you actually believe surrendering to an even larger power
base politic will solve the problems which have been designated by this same idiotic type of surrender?
what the **** is wrong with you people?

Oh god, one of these people.

Yeah, that's right. Ben Bernanke is going to sneak into your house at night and touch you inappropriately. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
 
-- It doesn't really make sense to ask if one approves of the UN, since it merely reflects the views of its member states.

It's always fun to read a lot of US posters' views on the UN - especially in light of your above comment.

I think if the Security Council and General Assembly voted more in line with US wishes then you'd have a much more positive view of the UN from many US posters on debate sites.
 
Oh god, one of these people.

Yeah, that's right. Ben Bernanke is going to sneak into your house at night and touch you inappropriately. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

hey idiot...it's already happened. and if you are really from east europe like you say you are? then you should already
be seeing the parallels. you being from commie europe. i guess you should comprehend, you fake.,
 
hey idiot...it's already happened. and if you are really from east europe like you say you are? then you should already
be seeing the parallels. you being from commie europe. i guess you should comprehend, you fake.,

So you call me an idiot, insinuate that am less aware of communism than you despite what my family has been through, and then call me a fake?

Hohoho...

...really?

Do you really want to have this discussion? With me?

Apologize. Right now.
 
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hey idiot...it's already happened. and if you are really from east europe like you say you are? then you should already
be seeing the parallels. you being from commie europe. i guess you should comprehend, you fake.,

Awe jeez, Lew, why you gotta resort to the name calling?
 
hey idiot...it's already happened. and if you are really from east europe like you say you are? then you should already
be seeing the parallels. you being from commie europe. i guess you should comprehend, you fake.,

I say you apologize too. You should also apologize for starting a thread where the only purpose was to be a dick to everyone else instead of getting their legitimate opinions on it.
 
I say you apologize too. You should also apologize for starting a thread where the only purpose was to be a dick to everyone else instead of getting their legitimate opinions on it.

oh...ok...i apologize for starting this thread...oh...hold on....it must have slipped my mind ....i didn't start this thread....lol...sorry.
 
oh...ok...i apologize for starting this thread...oh...hold on....it must have slipped my mind ....i didn't start this thread....lol...sorry.

Well my bad, but you should still apologize for being a dick. Maybe you can't help it? Maybe it's the Neo-Nazi-Quasi-Coleslaw-Satanic-Goth-Satanism?
 
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