The United Nations goal is technically maintaining international peace and security. If they’re always afraid to do something when a country attacks another without provocation, out of fear of escalating the situation, why does it even exist?
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There’s a saying I read once that was supposed to be said around the time after the League of Nations was disbanded and the UN was created. I think it’s attributed to the first Secretary General.
“The UN wasn’t designed to help us ascend to heaven, it was created to keep us from descending into hell.”
It’s not a criticism but a realistic assessment of what it can and cannot do given the politics realities.
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