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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (40438)	8/19/2008 10:02:57 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

Are you saying the UN is the US's mouthpiece?

To: tejek who wrote (40438)	8/20/2008 9:50:25 AM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224744

Actually, its been the US's mouthpiece. Its done much of our dirty work. Just look at its history. Is there another UN around? Because I'm not familiar with the one stated above...... Give me a break, when the UN isn't overtly ripping the US off of billions of dollars then it's undermining us and the rest of the west since China and Russia veto just about every time we try to use the UN for its intended purpose. Climb down out of the ivory tower and look at the messes that the UN has been impotent at cleaning up or even slowing down. We and the rest of the democracies in the world would be much more constructive and effective if we formed our own organization of democratic states, leaving a token crew in the UN and redistributing our contributions......