Alan,
>>The U.N. is not noted for making real and useful decisions in that way. Until they get rid of the idea that the security council has members with veto power, nothing will ever change.
You may be aware that some highly educated people in places like India are of the opinion that *they* should pull out of the UN because of perceived apartheid- the 5 members with veto are first class members, while countries like India that contribute disproportionately to UN troops, are nevertheless expected to scrabble for a second-class seat.
For the rest: I'm wondering if and when people will express regret for the likes of this:
http://www.nationalreview.com/levin/levin021003.asp
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
