Thread: A U.N. evolution...A U.S. devolution?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

The UN is an impotent organization. It always has been. However by authorizing this action what it really is doing is giving legitimacy to other countries meddling in others affairs. If we were to step into what we perceive as wrong all over the world we'd need the draft reinstated and we'd be totally bankrupt in short order.

I'd take that idea one step farther. I think the U.S. should pull out of the UN and eject all the representatives from our country. If they wanted to keep the UN going, cool but we don't need to keep pouring our money and our troops into operations involving such a BS organization. They can simply take it to Geneva or somewhere else. Barry says we won't send in ground troops. To that I say, I guess we'll see what we see. George W said the Iraqis were going to help pay for the war too. I'm pretty sure that never did come to pass.

It's true, the UN is worth nothing particularly with regard to any sort of military operation. It's best outting to date has been the Korean War and even then look who did most of the heavy lifting.

There's two possible outcomes here, neither of which is very attractive. 1. We all know the proud warrior culture of the French, how long will it really be before our "allies" lose interest and go home and the whole thing turns into an American/British operation (see also Afghanistan). Gee, just what we need another Middle Eastern $hit hole we can fill with freshly printed money. This of course will be added to the already enormous tab my grandkids and their grandkids will already spend their entire lives paying off.

2. U.S. troops under UN command...yeah...it sets a very bad precident and that's all I'm gonna say about that.

At the end of the day fellas it's a no win situation. If we're successful in ousting or killing the maniac in charge, who's to say the maniacs that replace him aren't just as bad, if not worse. Muslim Brotherhood, Sharia Law, Death to Infidels, etc. and as has already been said, regardless of how many American kids die to improve any Middle Eastern country, we will always be the Great Satan, the Invading Infidels, etc. and if you think there's a single country in the Middle East that would return the favor you're very badly fooled. Maybe I'm becoming cynical in my old age but I just don't see where there is a damn thing or person in Libya that's worth one American GI dying over.