Summary
I was stunned when I read David Frum and Richard Perle's column, "U.N. conceptions hamper U.S. action" (BDN, Jan. 27), in which they suggested the United States should quit the United Nations. They stated, in part, "The United Nations is irrelevant to the terrorist threat ... it is an obstacle to our winning the war on terrorism. ... If it cannot be reformed ... the U.S. should withdraw." A little spacey, wouldn't you say?
The U.S. initiated the creation of the U.N. and was instrumental in writing most of its "concepts" in 1944. Those concepts are the basis of the U.N. Charter today. If the U.N. had enforced all articles of the charter and Security Council resolutions the U.S. probably would be much better off today. We would not have to endure the terrible loss of life, huge deficits, the Patriot Act and disruption of our lifestyle.See the full content of this document
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Don't Abandon U.N.
Reforms that the U.N. should consider now are: Null...
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