<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>You're pretty awesome. This is why I've been saying all along that the UN doesn't work. If we dropped out of it, I imagine it would fall apart.</div>I wrote a thesis paper about the effectiveness of the UN and found that everything the UN does hinges on America. The UN is America's puppet, if America were to drop out the UN would be in shambles<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Not only does America make up the majority of these militairy operations, it also hosts the UN building, yet has no more say than any other nation.</div>In theory yes, this is true. In actuality, it's not. If America wants to do something, they'll do it. Look at the situation in Iraq. Bush was told repeatedly by the UN not to invade Iraq but America basically shoved them to the side and continued on. It pissed off the world yes but when America needed help out there, who did we call on? The UN. If the UN was really as balanced as you its supposed, do you honestly believe that the UN would have helped America out? Do they really want other countries to spend their money to help rebuild a country that should have never been destroyed in the first place? Especially when the country that invaded Iraq has the means to rebuild the country itself?<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I think this Israel thing is actually getting a little bit better in some ways. Hopefully this will just be over soon (because they stop fighting, not because the world ends).</div>I wish it would, but again, this is a religious war and political matters are just adding fuel to the fire. War over border disputes and things of that nature are easy to handle because you can come up with an equitable treaty in which both sides can agree upon. However, in a religious war, it all hinges on faith and the parties involved (Israeal and Hezbollah/Hamas) are extremely commited to their religion, or in some cases, their perceived view of their religion