The UN's Biggest Problem

[Curiosity]

Re: THE UN,s BIGGEST PROBLEM

Jersay

See that is where you are lacking in information and I don't like arguing with you because I think your beliefs regarding the U.N. are so pure - but the organizataion is unpure.

The U.N. in past years has tried to co-opt parts of the U.S. military into being on U.N. staff - to be sent anywhere - to be dressed in U.N. clothing - but to be armed and equipped by the cost of the U.S. - plus their salaries. They even visited many military bases across the country asking for recruitment straight out of the trained people. What made this effort come to a shuddering halt was the fact they wanted the military to negate their allegience to the United States of America and swear allegience only to the United Nations.

Asking a military man to give up his country is a stretch in most cases except for the cowards who run away .... Finally it was scrapped when the men themselves would not acquiesce.

The count for the U.N. may see low - because the people who are doing the actual military operations are still in the U.S. military and are being paid for that duty - that is who are minding the store at the DMZ and have been for over 30 years.

 

[Jersay]

Jersay

See that is where you are lacking in information and I don't like arguing with you because I think your beliefs regarding the U.N. are so pure - but the organizataion is unpure.

The U.N. in past years has tried to co-opt parts of the U.S. military into being on U.N. staff - to be sent anywhere - to be dressed in U.N. clothing - but to be armed and equipped by the cost of the U.S. - plus their salaries. They even visited many military bases across the country asking for recruitment straight out of the trained people. What made this effort come to a shuddering halt was the fact they wanted the military to negate their allegience to the United States of America and swear allegience only to the United Nations.

Asking a military man to give up his country is a stretch in most cases except for the cowards who run away .... Finally it was scrapped when the men themselves would not acquiesce.

The count for the U.N. may see low - because the people who are doing the actual military operations are still in the U.S. military and are being paid for that duty - that is who are minding the store at the DMZ and have been for over 30 years.

So if we added to DMZ there would be around about 35,000 +

 

[Curiosity]

Jersay

I haven't checked on the actual manpower so I will agree to your numbers....also the supplies, materiel and equipment which has to have been replenished many times over.

They also train the S. Korean military - so we have to take that into account.

Sorry - have to get to work.... I admire your vision and hope one day you will be a great source of information regarding excellent missions with your work in the U.N. Don't let my disillusion deter you. I would love to have seen the U.N. succeed in the pattern of the original dreamers. We would be a different world.

Have a good day Jersay!

 

[Jay]

http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm995.cfm

UNESCO's Chavez Outrage

"On February 3 in Havana, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) awarded its 2005 José Martí International Prize to Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Cuban president Fidel Castro personally handed the award to his leading imitator as an estimated 200,000 people in Revolution Plaza watched on.



The Martí prize is intended to recognize those who have contributed to the “struggle for liberty” in Latin America. Chávez is clearly not among this group, and the award is a major embarrassment to the United Nations, illustrating a longstanding lack of moral clarity within the world body on issues of individual freedom and liberty...."

 

[I think not]

Chavez is the UN's new poster boy.

 

[FiveParadox]

Perhaps the United Nations should become more democratic in nature, and therefore have more of a mandate to act in the interest of Earth? I would suggest, for example, that the U.N. adopt a sort of bicameral structure, whereby the world would be represented by population in some sort of Lower Chamber, and by region in some sort of Upper Chamber?

Citizens of countries could have the prerogative to elect a Representative in the United Nations, and that person could have a mandate to represent that nation in one of the Chambers. I dunno, just a thought.