The United Nations is a miscreant if it's powerless in the Ukraine conflict

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  1. metypea1

    metypea1 Banned Donor

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    So, the U.N. was conceived with a so-called Security Council and Russia, though it has become a predator nation, sits on said council. Therefore the U.N. is powerless to help Ukraine shake its tormentors and the U.N. is powerless to end the continual torrent of war crimes being perpetrated by Russia against the citizenry of Ukraine. Shouldn't the U.S. then refuse to host the U.N. on our soil if it is so fatally flawed? I ask: what good is it to perpetuate the pipe dream of a global body-politic? I've heard that the U.N. does bunches of good deeds in furtherance of worldwide welfare. It gives pause, this abhorrent shortcoming. Fill in the blanks, fellows.
     
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    permanent members of the security council are the winners of wwii. the veto was added to the charter at our (usa) insistance. this is not a "fatal fiaw"

    your post is an example of what @Golem might call "binary thinking."
    since the un can not stop every war it is fatally flawed and the maga thing to do is kill it.

    a more realistic view is that the un is a successful organization that facilitates diplomacy and prevents many disputes from escalating into war. the usa has used the un on many occasions.
     
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