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I personally feel that this thread should have been closed after Mr. M's initial post which seems to have encompassed the first and last word on the topic, but since this is a discussion site, here's my $.02. It would seem to me that in order to dismiss the UN as an organization you would have to be beyond Libertarian. It is more than a "Robin Hood" organization who redistributes wealth. To me it is also a symbol of people and countries coming together in order to better the whole. Now I realize that the idea of a "society" has been labeled "liberal" and hence "bad" by large portions of the US, but I see Homo Sapiens as a societal creature whose best chance for survival in the long term is to utilize our superior ability to be logical and rational in an organized environment--like the UN. Sorry this is philosphical rather than polital, but there you go...
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