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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 782042" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>Wk--You do well to point out the dichotomy that is the United Nations. In fact, I don't even argue with the points you make. What I believe is that we are better with the flawed body than without it. A little research suggests that while peace-keeping may be the highest profile mission of the UN, it in fact remains only about 30% of it's mission. And looking at history it seems that through the 20th century it was considered a good and noble cause to have an international organization to air grievances and voice opinions in the hopes of avoiding armed conflicts. That it did not always succeed is not reason for condemnation of the mission nor the organization. People often point out that Iraq violated UN mandates as a rationale for war while missing completely that the UN groups searching for WMD had found nothing. Though the mandates had been broken, the nations of the UN were not nearly as enthusiastic about invasion. If the UN were disbanded, I submit to you that in short order the nations of the world would find the will and desire to replace it with a similar coalition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 782042, member: 22662"] Wk--You do well to point out the dichotomy that is the United Nations. In fact, I don't even argue with the points you make. What I believe is that we are better with the flawed body than without it. A little research suggests that while peace-keeping may be the highest profile mission of the UN, it in fact remains only about 30% of it's mission. And looking at history it seems that through the 20th century it was considered a good and noble cause to have an international organization to air grievances and voice opinions in the hopes of avoiding armed conflicts. That it did not always succeed is not reason for condemnation of the mission nor the organization. People often point out that Iraq violated UN mandates as a rationale for war while missing completely that the UN groups searching for WMD had found nothing. Though the mandates had been broken, the nations of the UN were not nearly as enthusiastic about invasion. If the UN were disbanded, I submit to you that in short order the nations of the world would find the will and desire to replace it with a similar coalition. [/QUOTE]
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