YES!

Someone is finally putting that useless organization in its place.

You mean..putting it in it's place as in how America has used the UN to shove sanctions on people and maintain said sanctions, how America has paid off members of the UN to try and buy their votes, and of course how America has time and again demonstrated an utter lack of thinking globally and only nationally?

That's right, and when it gets uppity, and starts to misbehave, we need to slap it around a little.

Because god forbid there be anything or anyone but America in control.

That's right, because I'm an American.

A Russian person should think the same of their nation, and a Chinese person of theirs, etc. etc.

It's called nationalism. Learn it, love it.

There's loving your country, then there is being arrogant.

That's exactly the sort of attitude that led to 2 world wars and tens of millions of lives lost in the 20th century, not to mention the cold war. Not easy to love.

and the first victims were people like you, who want the whole human race to join hands and sing kumbaya, who lived in nations that thought if they left everyone alone, and were as inoffensive as possible, then nobody would ever attack them.

The hammer or the nail?

The Spanish were the first victims of World War II?
I think there needs to be a line drawn inbetween leaving everyone alone and thinking that you havent done anything and arent doing anything that would make people angry.

Neither.

The best thing is not to be the divisive, aggressive ones and not to instigate trouble yourself, but at the same time be aware that there are always people like you or Al Qaeda that are going to cause trouble, and to deal with it as it arises in the best way that you can.

This is completely true, its a well known fact that the first victims of World War II were in fact Australia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Canada among many others.

wow the srrogance on both sides of the fence is astounding......now back to the topic. What to do with the U.N.-or really 'what the U.N. should do with itself'
1)find out if Kofi Annan really pull the biggest charity scam in history OR was the fault all on Saddam's end and the evidence been piled against him ( Annan) because he finnaly decided to codemn the american invaision of Iraq. I think probably the former, if so appoint a new seretary general and move on. We all know that the U.N. needs some major housecleaning (although no more than any eliteist/govermental agencies) but it's not the job of the U.S. to do it. Were one nation in the U.N. if you can't grasp that as rule number 1, don't pretend you think you know the game.
2) [personal thought] Move the U.N. out of the United States and move the building to another country with a more mature attitude. I'm thinking Canada.

The U.N. Does have two places, its just the main building is in the U.S.

okay minor point in my argument-but thanks for the clarification. Also lets remember that the whole 'oil for food' contract was put together and approved (by thier respective secretariat members)by the U.S. and the U.K.
Also, I don't know why Synikul would choose to quote an artivle for the New York Post-a paper that has been publicly falsify articles and stories ( jayson Blair, Maureen Dowd for examples)?

...............shit happens? nah, its just goes to show that no one with a lot of power is incorruptable, the type of power determines the level of corruption, and the form.

It was approved because we don't want to see people starve who have little or nothing to do with the problem. That's why we also give food to N. Korea.

Jason Blair and Maureen Dowd worked for The New York Times, not the Post.

What do you think is happening in the middle east? I'm 37, and my entire life nothing but chaos and death has come out of the middle east. We haven't ever dealt with it firmly, and we coddled kings and dictators to keep the oil flowing. Even Reagan, a president I respect more than any other in my lifetime, took the same approach. It doesn't work. It never worked, and now Bush is trying to take care of the problem. The UN is just a roadblock to any kind of decisive action. They sit around and think they're doing something just by talking and talking and talking, while the problems never get solved.

The Iraq war is not about oil, though that will be a nice side benefit. It's about changing the culture of the entire region, and it's working. That's why the UN "diplomats" are against it. Qutar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia have started holding elections. Suadi Arabia is even starting to consider something closer to equal rights for women. Libya gave up their weapons programs and invited the inspectors in, giving them unhindered access, unlike what the UN let Saddam get away with. Suicide bombings are down in Israel. Europe started leaning on Iran about their nuke program. The anti-government groups inside Iran are getting stronger. Syria is walking on eggshells because they're scared to death that they're next. Iraq is a terrorist magnet which allows our military to kill them there.

All this is a direct result of Bush not putting up with the bullshit anymore and taking drastic steps in the middle east to change things, which the UN opposed.

Thats right but thats the basis of this whole scandal. was the program that was meant for food for starving Iraqis funneled into supposed terrorist activities. And if so who knew about it? people are quick to point fingers at the secretary general without realizing that most of work of funneling the money would have to be done by the secritariat including but of course not limited too the U.S. and U.K..

and yes I sheepishly conceed that I got the 'post' and the 'times' mixed up

I think Synikul has forgotten about Persian Rugs.