Where Do the Candidates Stand on the UN? Where Should they Stand?

[What Would Jesus Do?]

The UN just voted more sanctions on N.Korea.

Another day, another UN resolution the US wanted.

Presumably both Ds are for it and for it without major changes and support paying our oversized share of the bill.

What about the Rs?

 

[NoleSoup4U]

They should stand for booting their sorry asses out of the U.S.

 

[naturalmwa]

They should stand for booting their sorry asses out of the U.S.

Yes, that would be financially brilliant.

 

[Nat Algren]

It's an abysmal failure.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Yes, that would be financially brilliant.

You don't think we would save money if we dropped out of the UN?

 

[THE_DEVIL]

You don't think we would save money if we dropped out of the UN?

Any money saved from not paying for the UN would be offset and then some by increased military and intelligence spending.

 

[naturalmwa]

You don't think we would save money if we dropped out of the UN?

Not at all. The UN is a way to get the rest of the world to chip in on the cost of our diplomacy. It's brilliant tribute to the victors of the last Great War. And its successful prevented another one for decades. We would be fools to abandon that tool.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Any money saved from not paying for the UN would be offset and then some by increased military and intelligence spending.

You wouldn't have to increase military and intelligence spending. I would actually prefer if we decreased those.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Not at all. The UN is a way to get the rest of the world to chip in on the cost of our diplomacy. It's brilliant tribute to the victors of the last Great War. And its successful prevented another one for decades. We would be fools to abandon that tool.

Oh yeah, the war situation is really great nowadays. What does diplomacy really cost? It shouldn't cost much. Now propping up dictatorships costs money, but I don't want to do that either.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

You wouldn't have to increase military and intelligence spending. I would actually prefer if we decreased those.

C'mon now, you know that's not how it would work. That money will not just go away. It will be spent and continue to be spent.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

C'mon now, you know that's not how it would work. That money will not just go away. It will be spent and continue to be spent.

Well, we're not actually going to leave the UN either, so what's the point of discussing a hypothetical?

 

[THE_DEVIL]

Well, we're not actually going to leave the UN either, so what's the point of discussing a hypothetical?

edit- Never mind. That didn't make sense on my part

 

[NoleSoup4U]

edit- Never mind. That didn't make sense on my part

Yeah, I wasn't trying to be a dick or anything.

 

[Nat Algren]

Not at all. The UN is a way to get the rest of the world to chip in on the cost of our diplomacy. It's brilliant tribute to the victors of the last Great War. And its successful prevented another one for decades. We would be fools to abandon that tool.

The U.N. is a war machine giving legitimacy to those in control of it. Since WW2, there have been 248 armed conflicts resulting in the death of over 30 million people...of which, 90% have been civilians (mainly children and the elderly). Like the Federal Reserve, whose stated goal is to stabilize inflation, yet, has destroyed the currency, end this failure of an institution.

 

[gonegolfing]

We should have nothing to do with the UN. It's a joke institution.

 

[Nat Algren]

All you need to know about this war-making body of tyrants is that its charter was written by Alger Hiss, Andrei Gromyko, Vyshinsky and Molotov. The Rockefeller family paid $8.5 million for the land where the UN bldg sits. These oligarchs use it as a tool to bludgeon countries over the head for personal gain.

 

[The Tradition]

The UN sucks. Evict the bastards. They can build a shrine in Geneva.