I do not know if this was exactly the point George Will was trying to make, but it finally dawned on me that we Conservatives should really stop bemoaning the ineffectiveness of the United Nations. What is far more frightening than an ineffective UN is an effective one. Imagine an organization where the votes of totalitarian Russia and China count exactly the same as that of the United States. Or an organization where the huge democracy of Brazil could be voted down by Venezuela and Cuba. Voting members of the UN include Zimbabwe, Myanmar, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and [insert the name of your least favorite repressive foreign regime here]. I finally realized that the last thing we would want is an effective UN. A UN that could really galvanize itself into action would have intervened in Iraq - to restore Saddam Hussein. An effective UN would come to the US and take away our guns and SUVs, no matter what the American electorate or Constitution might say. An effective UN would be dedicated to preserving the right of tyrannical governments to violate the human rights of their own people.
Thank God for an ineffective UN. I will vote for the candidate who says he (or she) will make any and all efforts to insure the UN remains impotent.
Thank God for an ineffective UN. I will vote for the candidate who says he (or she) will make any and all efforts to insure the UN remains impotent.You make an excellent point. The problem is, we keep trying to act like it is a serious venue. We keep trying to "make the UN work" when as you suggest we ought to treat it like the charade it is, and as the rest of the world treats it.