| "...the only keeper of International Law. |
Come on. When has their influence ever reigned in those who wished to do harm? When has it ever stopped people like Saddam Hussein. It hasn't. So if the law is only there for people who are going to obey it anyway, and no one else has to abide by it, what is the use in it?
The UN is a club for wealthy states to haggle with one another and try and gain leverage over their "allies". It has no inherent authority, and has never done much of anything to stifle any wrongs in the world. On the contrary, it has spent a lot of time coddling and appeasing evil people.
So, the US should be the muscle for the UN, and only speak when spoken to? Not hardly. If we are to be the bully for everyone else's interests, then I think we have the right to seek our own. God knows that if we were ever in dire need, the UN would have *zero* ability to come to our aid.
P.S. I suggest you delete the other two versions of this article. No point in spamming the board. Sometimes when things lag and you hit the button more than once you accidently post several copies of the same article.