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::what has France ever done to deserve veto power anyway? [[User:Jaques|Jaques]] 23:16, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

::what has France ever done to deserve veto power anyway? [[User:Jaques|Jaques]] 23:16, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

:::Well, since 1960, nuclear weapons (as in, "you take me off the security council, I'll blow up your capital city").  These are a pretty good way of stopping anyone from arguing with the permanent members of the security council.  Originally, it was obviously the most powerful victors of WW2 putting themselves in charge: who could stop them?  In response to those above saying the UN serves no purpose, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations Wikipedia article] says that the UN's World Food Programme helps feed more than 100 million people in 80 countries.  Then there's the UNHCR, the WHO, UNAIDS, peacekeepers in more than 24 countries...  Besides, if the UN has problems, surely the best position from which to resolve them is from inside the organisation? [[User:EmanresU|EmanresU]] 16:32, 27 June 2007 (EDT)

:::Well, since 1960, nuclear weapons (as in, "you take me off the security council, I'll blow up your capital city").  These are a pretty good way of stopping anyone from arguing with the permanent members of the security council.  Originally, it was obviously the most powerful victors of WW2 putting themselves in charge: who could stop them?  In response to those above saying the UN serves no purpose, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations Wikipedia article] says that the UN's World Food Programme helps feed more than 100 million people in 80 countries.  Then there's the UNHCR, the WHO, UNAIDS, peacekeepers in more than 24 countries...  Besides, if the UN has problems, surely the best position from which to resolve them is from inside the organisation? [[User:EmanresU|EmanresU]] 16:32, 27 June 2007 (EDT)

==== Third option - expel the US from the UN ====

==== Third option - expel the US from the UN ====