A little history.
After WWII the US was the world leader. The US could have, if we wanted to, take over the world. We were the only country with the Atomic Bomb. But we choose not to. Instead we (along with other countries) decided to form the UN. (But remember we were the only world power at the time and could have done or not done anything we wanted. A-Bomb.)
The concept of the UN was to invite friendly nations into the "club" for protection. And if a non-UN country tried to invade a country that was a member of the UN, all the UN contries would defend it. Kinda like a gang.
In theory it was a great idea. We believed by forming the UN it would stop another world war. It would stop any country from talking over other countries and grow too big. It worked great for a while. It stopped N. Korea from invading S. Korea. It stopped Iraq from invading Kuwait. etc
However, there are a few major flaws in the design. One flaw is, just stopping one country from invading another country is not enough to prevent WWIII. A country can become too powerful by devoloping weapons of mass destruction and either using them or selling them to a few people. Then, what if we get attacked by a few people who happens to be spread all over the place, in a lot of different countries, including countries in the UN? Hence 9/11.
Another major flaw is, the UN is too big. What's to stop the UN from growing to contain all the countries on the earth? What would we call that E.N. (Earth Nations)? Sounds kinda stupid doesn't it, enless ofcouse we get attacked by E.T.?
Lastly, there are countries in the UN that are corrupt, France, Germany etc. Hard to believe, but it does happen. People get montivated by money, and well you know the rest. There is no internal affairs in the UN. And if they do find corruption, they don't have the stones to remove it. We shall see in this Oil For Food scam.
The long and short of it is, the UN is great if you are a tiny country with no power like Switzerland, Belgium etc. Or if you are a corrupt country stealing money like France, Germany etc. And even if you are a terrorist state violating human rights like Syria, Lybia etc.
However, if you are at the top of the list as far as money and power like the US, you get the short end of the stick. What does the UN have to offer us? What has the UN ever had to offer us? Nothing! We are the ones that do the offering. We are the ones that allowed the UN to form, (though we did think it was a good idea at the time). But if the US didn't go along with it, the UN would have never been created.
For those of you who think the US is some evil empire trying to take over the world, just remember your history.
And for those of you who think we should be more compationate to the little coutries to gain their respect. I have news for you, there is nothing we can do to gain their respect, short of giving up our freedom and power.
We can't make every country like us, but we can, and should make every country respect and accept us.
