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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 589933" data-attributes="member: 549629">We are following our obligations to the UN. They may cast votes, make decisions based on their perspectives, but we are not sworn to abide by their decisions. The UN is a loose consolidation, none of its members abide by their edicts strictly, none of them. The UN does not dictate U.S. foreign policy anymore than it does for France, Russia, etc. The UN does not always have the U.S. best interests at heart, that is why we have our own govt.But if you want to talk about the UN, even the UN cant make up its own mind. Its true the UN did not condone this war, but it did set up a system of rules, that Iraq clearly violated. And the UN did not have a solid plan in the event Hussein wouldn&#039;t play fair (*gasp*). In essence, the UN told Iraq &#039;do this or else&#039;, except there was no or else. So the U.S., due to 9/11 and other political and non political reasons, became the &#039;or else&#039;. If the U.S. hadn&#039;t done something, who would have? A UN peacekeeping force? C&#039;mon.The U.S. is the big kid on the block right now, and that does come with its disadvantages. Sometimes the big kid is lead into fights he didn&#039;t want in the first place, just because he&#039;s the big kid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 589933, member: 549629"] We are following our obligations to the UN. They may cast votes, make decisions based on their perspectives, but we are not sworn to abide by their decisions. The UN is a loose consolidation, none of its members abide by their edicts strictly, none of them. The UN does not dictate U.S. foreign policy anymore than it does for France, Russia, etc. The UN does not always have the U.S. best interests at heart, that is why we have our own govt. But if you want to talk about the UN, even the UN cant make up its own mind. Its true the UN did not condone this war, but it did set up a system of rules, that Iraq clearly violated. And the UN did not have a solid plan in the event Hussein wouldn't play fair (*gasp*). In essence, the UN told Iraq 'do this or else', except there was no or else. So the U.S., due to 9/11 and other political and non political reasons, became the 'or else'. If the U.S. hadn't done something, who would have? A UN peacekeeping force? C'mon. The U.S. is the big kid on the block right now, and that does come with its disadvantages. Sometimes the big kid is lead into fights he didn't want in the first place, just because he's the big kid. [/QUOTE]

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