We don’t disagree on those points, technically, even genocide is an “internal affair” if done within the own borders - just that if the UN were to function properly, and less toothless, we’d have a UN blue helmet force that could act upon such major events. Problem is when to declare an uprising against a government (and violent crackdown on protestors) as something requiring UN intervention, especially with all members of the UN having their own agenda :(
The whole point of the UN is to prevent WW3. Its primary purpose is to provide a forum for nations to talk to each other and thus prevent or shorten those wars which can be prevented or shortened by talking.
Everything else the UN does is just “well, since we have this forum anyway…” extras.
~I say this as a big fan of the UN and international cooperation who is a bigger hater if dying in either nuclear hellfire or repeating the stupidity that launched WW1 and WW2~
I suppose I was optimistic enough 10 years ago to set my eyes on what you call “extras” and now I am about as disappointed again as I was when the Rwandan genocide was allowed to happen.
We don’t disagree on those points, technically, even genocide is an “internal affair” if done within the own borders - just that if the UN were to function properly, and less toothless, we’d have a UN blue helmet force that could act upon such major events. Problem is when to declare an uprising against a government (and violent crackdown on protestors) as something requiring UN intervention, especially with all members of the UN having their own agenda :(
The whole point of the UN is to prevent WW3. Its primary purpose is to provide a forum for nations to talk to each other and thus prevent or shorten those wars which can be prevented or shortened by talking.
Everything else the UN does is just “well, since we have this forum anyway…” extras.
~I say this as a big fan of the UN and international cooperation who is a bigger hater if dying in either nuclear hellfire or repeating the stupidity that launched WW1 and WW2~
I suppose I was optimistic enough 10 years ago to set my eyes on what you call “extras” and now I am about as disappointed again as I was when the Rwandan genocide was allowed to happen.