Should the USA leave the United Nations?

Question

What is membership to that club of mostly socialist really doing for us?

Answer 1

No!!

And can we please stop with the "mostly socialist" thing, it is getting really old. The Reps and conservative and mostly close minded people who oppose the UN are the people who usually think that the US is always right, that we don't have to listen to the Security Council, that the US is the moral compass of the world, we are the best and every action and legislation that passes through our golden halls is the picture of perfection and democracy . . . .

That "membership" does more good for the US than you can image. I think it is high time we realize that the US can learn a lot from those "socialist" countries (which have been around a lot longer than the US so I think they know a thing or two) or any country really. How dangerous is it when you start thinking that everything we do is right? The UN isn't perfect but think about all that it has accomplished--more than just what one nation could do on its own.

Answer 2

Don't slam the door on the way out.

Answer 3

The UN is a very important tool for world peace.  Ambassador Fitzpatrick a Republican conservative,who was very critical of the UN during her tenure as our representative there, always believed in the the value of the body as a forum for the exchange of ideas, for helping underprivileged peoples, for teaching democracy to the world, and for the nurturing of peace.

Answer 4

I think that at the very least, we should ask that the UN leave its current headquarters.  That valuable property could certainly be put to better use.

Answer 5

It is just a conduit to air problems, I am not a fan of the UN and think that it would not hurt to leave it but I do think that it would make it harder for us to talk to other nations at times and while it is corrupt, silly, petty, powerless (let's keep it that way!) it does serve a purpose to allow for communication between nations.

Answer 6

Who'd veto on Israel's behalf if they did?

Answer 7

Yes!

Sorry Olive but slavery also existed for for many years. Just because something has been around a long time doesn't constitute it as right. I think we should trade with all nations and alliance with none. Capitalism works. We are the richest nation on earth and our own poor people have things only third worlds could dream of.

The UN gets us involved in many foreign matters that will only lead to disaster.