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The article is irrational. Looks more like a screed of a liberal than a rational critique of the UN.
The writer repeatedly criticizes the UN for what it hasn't done, and I conclude he/she wants the UN to be an even bigger meddling bunch of looters than they are, but the writer just wants them to stop meddling with Israel.
Like the UN, this article isn't worth the bandwidth it wastes.
Close down the UN. Prosecute Obama for treason (and for fraud regarding his birth.) Reverse everything he did as president.
Author, read some Ayn Rand.

Three million here, three million there,
Multiple three millions thrown about everywhere.
Why should anyone even freaking care?
http://www.usdebtclock.org/

OK: $3 million is one-millionth of the $3 trillion taxable economy. Also, what you said can mean that the UN is no worse than the EPA. Before you reply ask yourself what rules the Federal government should be allowed to make over Federal lands.

Personally, I believe that if the Allosaur eats a stegosaur and rests under a giant gingko for a nap, he will awaken in an enlightened state...

Let,s see, our national debt is about to hit $20 trillion~
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
~and we still give money away to other counties.
How does that make any freaking sense?
(Historical note: It was $!9,948-plus when I wrote this)

Hooray! What with Trump's example and Dino's post of last week, I no longer have to bite my tongue and conform to PC. For my liberal friends who have in the past accused me of using "PC" as a perjorative, I say piss off! So now I can express my views on Israel and the UN.

First, i think the US tax payers should no longer be required to support Israel's fat asses with foreign aid. After 6 decades and $233.7 billion, (http://www.wrmea.org/congress-u.s.-ai...) they should by now no longer need that much susidizing. As we would say in the South, "we didn't take you to raise." At this point it would seem the main thrust is from the US military-industrial complex which wants to sell weaponry to all sides in the Middle-East (and complain about Russian competition)

The UN General Assembly is basically an effieght club that talks a lot, but doesn't get much done. The main power lies with the security council--most specifically its five permanent members: China, Russia, France, UK and US. Israel uses the US as its surrogate in that we have our noses so far up Israel's ass, we can smell the pastrami.

Anyway, if the UN really wanted to (and had any real power), regarding Israel gradually usurping Palastinian lands, they could settle the issue by saying that the border is officially the 1967 line and
the Arab portion of Israel population (20%) are Israeli-Arabs while any Jews on the other side of the line are Palistinian Jews, with both subject to the laws of their respective countries. Sounds overly simplistic, but it might work--at least as well as other cockamamy ideas so far.

"And again the root of the problem is the lack of philosophy"......... wrong.... the root of the problem is kakistocrats that do not have the authority to control me or you are encroaching on my freedom and most of them would kill or enslave me given the chance.

Me dino would tell them, "Don't go away mad. Just go away. And take your foreign diplomat status with you."

July 10, 2015
Seeking Justice From the UN for Haiti’s 700,000 Cholera Victims
by Fran Quigley
The announcement by the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti was only a slight exaggeration: “Everyone Tells UN to Fulfill Its Legal Obligations to Haiti Cholera Victims.”
The statement referred to those who signed on to amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs asking the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals to allow a class action claim by Haiti cholera victims to go forward. And the list does seem to encompass nearly “everyone” that has an interest in justice and the rule of law, in Haiti and beyond: human rights experts, Haitian-American leaders, constitutional law scholars, and even a line-up of former UN officials.
All are calling for justice for victims of the 2010 epidemic triggered by human waste recklessly discharged from a UN base in rural Haiti. The death toll stands at a shocking 9,000; over 700,000 more have been sickened.

Yeah, why not? Either make that building finally useful or replace it with a parking lot.

The whole thing never should have been started in
the first place. I agree with allosaur--we should get
out of it, and throw it out of this country.

Didn't they also poop in the wells of Haitians post-earthquake? Can't remember where I heard this...

I'm with you all the way. Please be sure to donate a booth to Dean Koontz in your convention.

I liked Krauthammer's idea of putting a TRUMP sign on top of it and converting it to high end condos or apartments.

+1 for wrecking ball rampaging dinosaur sarcasm.

Huckabee's? I do.

How can you agree if you don't understand his comment? That is a mindless statement.

While I don't agree with Huckaby philosophically, his idea of jackhammering the UN building into the river and increasing Manhattan's parking space has appeal. New York always needs more parking.

I predict that if used for anything else, the architect would pull a Howard Roark and blow it up. /sarcasm May as well save him the trouble and do it ourselves.

Helping out with the Korean War appears to have been a good idea but that was way, way back when old dino was a little kid.
South Koreans make dang good movies for a good reflection of their culture. Learned that via Netflix rentals.

can you name one thing that the un has done that is good?

allosaur is still unmoved and wishes to opine that one more penny spent on all that is the UN is one more penny wasted.
Funding it with nearly $3 million a year as an abominable waste.
Same goes for some national level regulatory departments that states should handle. The EPA is the first that comes to mind.

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Look at the world hotspots for the last 70 years and look at UN actions in the late 40s... Korea, Vietnam, Middle East...

One reason to keep the UN in the USA is to give us easy access to them, even if we are not members. I point to Switzerland as an example of a host that did not (and does not) belong to (most of) the international organizations headquartered there.

As I said above, it is not in the interests of the USA to foot the bill for the UN. However, being a member, especially on the Security Council, is in the interests of the USA.

And, again, the root of the problem is the lack of philosophy, but that failure is ours first, as the government of the USA has been a weak advocate for a consistent understanding of human rights. In fact, ironically enough, Eleanor Roosevelt was probably a more consistent champion than our representatives since.

BTW I read The Fearful Master by G. Edward Griffin about 1966. So, I understand the problems with the UN.