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OK Lyle, so be it, then. Myself, I'd like to think that if hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake, that someone with the ability to do something actually does do something.

Another case in point is Rwanda. UN reps knew there would be mass bloodshed, but got no help from Kofi Annan, or anyone. As soon as the going got tough, the tough flew the coop. A measely little UN force with no power or authority to do anything was left behind. Of course there were some nations that did absolutely nothing. The US for example, because of the Somalia experience, did not want to get burned in Rwanda. As a result we had a slaughter with hundreds of thousands of casualties.

What good is the UN if it can't/wont respond to shit like this? I really had a poor view of the UN because of Rwanda. You also have a poor view of the UN, but for a different reason it seems.

[El Kabong]

The UN isn't worth a damn....they want every country to feel as though they are the equal to that of the US or China or Russia or England but it simply isn't the case AND their forces aren't anything without US support. It's just ridiculous to have an organization which is built on putting down big nations and yet can't run without the help of big nations. Darfur is another good example of the UN not being worth a shit. The United Nations is a sham, it doesn't really end up helping the people who really need it.

Kofi Annan is a criminal! Food for Oil my ass!!!! He is just your basic run of the mill political thug.

The US can't act alone in these situations, we just can't. Everyone judges the US whenever we move and it seems more and more people want to believe that the US has a negative influence on anyone and everyone and that is simply not the case (the majority of the time)....we're not ALWAYS right but we're not ALWAYS wrong either. The US is in a bad position because we try to be the good guy...as opposed to Russia and China who never even pretend to be the good guys