The UN was originally founded to collectevely stomp
any would-be aggresor. So far the only two times it
has done that,in Korea and the Gulf, it had be dragged
onto the battlefield like the cowardly bull of the Disney
Movie. Thus the closest thing it does to detterance is putting
a few troops between strained neighbors who are probably often grateful
for the excuse not to fight each other. Admittedly there are a few times
when they are useful (before the six-day war Nassar blatantly ordered the
blue hats off his land thus saying,"I want to attack you Israel, hope you won't
mind).
The UN's charities are probably less efficient then most and most diplomacy takes place
in private chats behind closed doors-as they always have. The General Assemblys main purpose
seems to be throwing eternal and repetious insults at the chosen target-normally from a small group
of chosen targets that never change. In short what good does the UN do? |