Put no faith in impotent United Nations

From: Columbia Daily Tribune | Date: December 22, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

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 United Nations was cobbled together toward the end of World War II, and it is clear from the charter that the five allied powers - United States, 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 United States began the Cold War. Great ...

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