Put No Faith in the United Nations

"Now that John Bolton, our undiplomatic ambassador to the United Nations, will be stepping down, the Senate ought to take a hard look at the world body before confirming a replacement.

The U.N. was cobbled together toward the end of World War II, and it is clear from the charter that the five allied powers – U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia and China – intended to run the world. Only the Security Council was given any power, and any one of the five could veto any decision it made.

The alliance fell apart. The Soviet Union and the U.S. began the Cold War. Great Britain and France, weakened by two world wars, faded away as major powers. Communist China eventually replaced the Republic of China. In the meantime, any patch of land was accepted as a country, no matter how unviable, and admitted to the General Assembly, which has become a hall of babble."

Put No Faith in the United Nations by Charley Reese