The UN, What's it Good For

With the latest contoversies surrounding impending actions in Iraq, I just can't stand around and not comment on the usefullness and leadership being shown by the United Nations. I, for the life of me can't believe the UN is more afraid of America's leadership role in the disarming of Iraq than they are of a petty dictator leading them around by a nose.

I am still firmly of the belief that the nations which are currently trying to block us, France, Germany, and Soviet Union are more afraid of what we will find in Iraq than they are in what Saddam will do with the weapons he currently has or will soon develop. These countries have been secretly selling prohibited items to Iraq and I think they are afraid they will be caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

Let's consider the UN as an authority in world affairs. What is the role of the UN and what should it be doing? While it has been a long time since I was in a high school history class, I do remember the UN was established after World War II in an effort to promote world peace and to prevent another Hitler from exercising his will on other Nations. But what has the UN done since it was established?

The only UN efforts to perform under it's mandates have been the Korean War, the Gulf War and the latest war in Afghanistan. Did the UN step in and call nations together to perform in these actions? No! Each time the USA called on the UN to take action! France and the Soviet Union have engaged in military wars since WWII, did they seek UN approval for their actions? No! They have never sought UN approval or intervention in any of their military actions. So who are they to stand in the way of disarming a petty dictator who has continuously thumbed his nose at UN authority. The current attitude being shown by France, Germany and Russia remind me of the attitude that other nations had when Hitler invaded Poland and started on his dream of world wide domination and murdered millions of Jews in his ethnic purity progroms.

Where was the UN in Ruwanda, the Balkans, and Kosovo? No where! The UN avoids acting, hopes someone else will step in and foot the bill. The UN is a Gentlemans Club that pays good salaries, employs many people and passes out other peoples money to poor nations, when it comes to enforcing the rule of law on rogue nations, the UN is paralized and unable to act.

It is time for the UN to close it's doors, send everyone home, and sell it's property. It is time for the USA to build a coalition with like minded nations who really want to make a difference, who want to do good for the world and aren't afraid to make the tough choices. It is time for all rogue nations to be put on notice, it is time to play nice with your neighbors, it is time to turn out all terrorists, it is time to denounce terrorism in all of it's forms, it is time to destroy all chemical and biological weapons, time to get rid of the nukes. Now, I'm not stupid, I know the US has all of these weapons of mass destruction also, but as a nation with a lot to lose, we must defend ourselves and our allies. This neccesitates keeping these weapons to offset those of China and Russia. But, in the words of another great America, I have a dream, one day all weapons of mass destruction will be gone with no nations having chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.

It is time for the American people to recognize the leadership role, they as members of the greatest nation on Earth must now play. It is time to put petty political differences away and to recognize the threat rogue nations pose, it is time to remove rogue dictators and spread the wonders of democracy, rule by the people, of the people to those oppressed by dictators and idiots.

It is time to stand up and be counted!