Here's the way I see it. the UN could potentially be the biggest asset to solvng world problems. If approached without bias and all the member countries put in equal shares, it could be the closest form to a sort of world democracy. The UN gets a lot of grief for supposedly stalemating on issues and acting slowly, but the alternative is letting countries make deals on the side and handle problems in any way they see fit to.
Democracy is supposed to be our motivation for going to Iraq, and yet the UN is slammed for being corrupt and weak. I seem to remember the USA helping start the UN. Why bail now? If it's corrupt and powerless, then we need to work to strengthen it. After all, how does it reflect on democracy in general if people claim countries can't work together without corruption and complacency. It would cast a shadow on our own government.
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