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Originally posted by wonderwench
No, that is not what I said. Your graph demonstrates the benefit to the world of America's efforts to end the Cold War and encourage the spread of democracy.
The UN, however, has morphed into a Society for the Preservation of Despots. When countries such as Sudan can sit on the Human Rights Council, something is seriously wrong. Add to that the inexcusable fraud and corruption of the Oil for Food Program and the recent Deloitte Touche survey, which uncovered the huge ethical problems within the organization, and we can see that the UN has serious problems of credibility.
IMO, it is time to replace the UN with an organization in which membership is predicated upon the practise of acceptable human rights.
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The problem with this idea is that the US has a horrible record when it comes to supporting human rights. We may be okay when compared to China, but we have a rich history of supporting the worst despots for our own political motives. Would we be barred from entry in your new governing body?
About the graph...I thought that you said it was a farce...how can it be that and simultaneously prove the democratizing power of the US?
I did not brng up the UN. The UN is irrelevant here. What is relevant is that we must take global politics into consideration with our actions lest we alienate our allies.