Here's an example as to why the UN is a joke

[kandrathe]

All joking aside, what do you propose as an alternative?

How about other nations taking the UN seriously? How about we add Libya, Syria, Sudan, and Zimbabwe all on the UN commission for human rights, but then kick the US off for abuses? Bawhahahaha! What a funny joke! Ok, seriously, what's next? Oh, yeah! Maybe we could get Iraq to chair the 2003 UN Disarmarment Forum? Bahahahahahaha! What a bunch of crack ups those UN people! We can ignore Darfur though, Sudan is on the human rights commission.

The President of Venezuela calls our leader the devil. Oh yeah. This UN thing is really productive. I offer UN Watch as another perspective on the UN, and what it has become.

Perhaps we should heed;

Ahmadinejad, who was mayor of Tehran until his election, told other leaders: "The greatest challenge of our age is the gradual spiritual depravation of human beings brought about by the distancing of the prevailing order from morality and unity of monotheism."

"The United Nations should lead in the promotion of spirituality and compassion for humanity," he added. Al Jazeera

Ok, seriously. How about this, when nations thumb their noses at the UN we get serious together and actually do something about it together, and when the going gets tough we don't all argue amongst ourselves and then have some of us toss in the towel which then results in a contentious war? Case in point, Iraq. If everyone had followed the sanctions regime, Iraq would have been isolated. But, due to massive corruption and cheating, sanctions failed resulting in a war and the mess we now see ourselves in.

So what the heck is Jaques Chirac up to? Is he tired of his spine, or did he ever have one?