I would agree, by and large. The situation is complicated by the region (the UN/US has not had a good track recording either intervening in Somalia or staying out in Rwanda) and by other interests such as China's involvement in the region and their presence on the Security Council.
The role of the UN is complicated and hasn't been properly defined for the modern world I think. It started out as a balance of power framework for nuclear powers post-WWII and the Security Council structure is still like that. The world has come a long ways since then however and a lot of the need for the UN these days is in global efforts on trade, humanitarian efforts, coordination of efforts on global climate change, combating terrorism, etc. I'm not sure that the Security Council structure really works well for that. Still, I think that the U.N. we have is much much better than having no U.N. at all. But I'd like to see reforms take place for the U.N. to be a more focused, responsive organization. Judah On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Judah, how do you feel about the UN and Darfur? > > I think they are cowardly and aiding and abetting the genocide taking place > there. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289615 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
