The UN is as useless an organization as has ever been created. You are correct in that the UN issues decrees and then doesn't enforce them. The UN issued decrees to Saddam Hussein and he did nothing to comply. And what did the UN do in response? They issued more decrees. 17 in all. GWB, for all his shortcomings, realized the impotence of the UN and removed Saddam by force.
I am a borderline isolationist and it is my opinion we don't need the UN. Certainly our contribution should be only a per capita share and not 25-33%. And if you ask a New Yorker, he/she will most likely say that the UN diplomats are a pain in the rear. The UN occupies some very valuable real estate and I, for one, would like to see the UN relocated to W Europe.
To vyo476:
I don't propose reorganizing the UN. They wouldn't pay any attention to us, anyway. The UN is what it is: a noble idea but totally impotent in execution.
If you want to gain a greater understanding of the UN and it's relationship to the global warming hysteria, check out this site:
carbontax.org
The UN wants to tax industrial nations, (translation: you and me) and use the money to "fight" global warming. What that really means is that they want to tax you and piss away your hard earned dineros.
Never forget that the UN is solely responsible for the greatest monetary scam in history: Oil for Food. This scheme involves more fraud than even the Ponzi scheme we call Social Security.
