Where's the UN ????

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A silverback

Nuff' said.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Certainly.

A silverback

I was under the assumption that one of the reasons the UN was created was to help prevent such crimes as genocide.

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I was under the assumption that one of the reasons the UN was created was to help prevent such crimes as genocide.

That's kind of like saying police forces were invented to prevent crime and because crime still exists, we don't need cops.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

That's kind of like saying police forces were invented to prevent crime and because crime still exists, we don't need cops.

What has the UN done to help in regards to stopping genocide?

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What has the UN done to help in regards to stopping genocide?

See here

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

See here

You could have just posted...;"The UN has done about zero in regards to helping to stop genocide."

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You could have just posted...;"The UN has done about zero in regards to helping to stop genocide."

I would never lie to you. I like you too much to do that to you

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See here Fixxored

Fixed that for you

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Fixed that for you

My apologies. And thank you for sharing the site. It is awesome!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I was under the assumption that one of the reasons the UN was created was to help prevent such crimes as genocide.

One of the reasons, not the only one. The world isn't black and white, neither is the UN. You shouldn't think that it is.

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[Ban Hammer 13,491]

If the UN was a bird, what bird would it be?

a dodo bird.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

How many people have been slaughtered since the creation of the UN ?

The UN is only as potent as it's members allow it to be. It's not ever going to be the institution that can or will address all the world's ills. It's neither designed to do nor has it been created to do that. It's been created following WWII to give nations avenues other than all out war to resolve their issues. Since it's creation, there has been no war on the scale of either WWI or WWII and that would suggest that the institution does serve a valid purpose.

Funny how those that want to give the UN the least authority are the same that want to complain the loudest about it's lack of influence.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

a dodo bird.

Without the UN, or an forum for international cooperation, you take the world back to where it was just before WW1.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

The UN is only as potent as it's members allow it to be. It's not ever going to be the institution that can or will address all the world's ills. It's neither designed to do nor has it been created to do that. It's been created following WWII to give nations avenues other than all out war to resolve their issues. Since it's creation, there has been no war on the scale of either WWI or WWII and that would suggest that the institution does serve a valid purpose.

Funny how those that want to give the UN the least authority are the same that want to complain the loudest about it's lack of influence.

What's been the biggest deterrent of World Wars since 1945 ? Not the UN by any means.

Try this one for size... NUKES.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What's been the biggest deterrent of World Wars since 1945? Not the UN by any means.

Try this one for size... NUKES.

Because you say so? Perhaps nukes are just another reason why that body is so important.