Well the failure of the UN can be blamed on the US simply because the US refuses to support it (ironic considering we basically created it only to turn our backs on it a few years later and suddenly people think the UN is an international creation - not really).
The thing is, the country has pretty much been screwed in the last 50 years.
Washington in his famous Farewell address warned hte U.S. of being entangled in foreign alliances and issues. We have turned our back on it.
Eisenhower warned the country of the military-industrial complex - we turned our back on it. THe country is now, more than ever, a military-industrial complex. The economy goes by the military - the nation is basically run by the military. Its not official but you can already see our issues and policies and life revolve around how to support it.
WE dug ourselves our OWN hole.
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