Why isnt United Nations doing anything about the problem we have in Iraq?

Question

Why isnt United Nations doing anything about the problem we have in Iraq?

Answer 1

Because we went against what they recommended which was not to go to war with Iraq so now it is Bushs  problem maybe they got it right in the first place.

Answer 2

If the UN had actually enforced it's own resolutions we probably wouldn't have that problem right now.

Answer 3

I'd like to begin this statement with a disclaimer that I am not a war supporter ;) because what follows will sound like I am:

Four years ago when the US asked the UN for more involvement and investigation into the possibility that Iraq might be in possession of nuclear weapons the UN sent yet another team of inspectors- the Iraqi government would not allow these inspectors access to their nuclear facilities and had not for years.  When it became obvious that a very politically divided UN (remember everyone has their own agenda) was not going to support an invasion the US went ahead on it's own (never mind that half the nation's citizens weren't so hot on the idea).

My point is that the UN hadn't been doing a very good job keeping tabs on the country when it's(Iraq's) government was relatively stable- the idea that they might try to do anything now( especially when the US holds the UN purse strings) is laughable.

Answer 4

we ignore them remember?

Answer 5

what is United Nations? its a nonsense and impotent organization made by USA to present its ideas about the rest of the world, where there is a need to change the leader, where to kill poor people, where to see wethere there s anybody who tries to stand in front of USA and put it in trouble and shut them before they become a serious problem or start to exist! UN is directed by USA, its president is a driven by USA desires statue and he is the wrongly authenticated voice of USA under the shamful name of UNITED NATIONS! thats why it can never do a favour to any body anywhere in this world if that special person is known as the enemy of USA and its dictatic policies! it couldnt do anything in afghanistan because USA was the reason for its suffer and destroy, what it will do in an iraq which is the direct victim of Bush' s false slogans of democracy and human rights? that would be impossible!

Answer 6

Because members of the UN were dealing with Iraq during the blockade and they're puting up a fight to prevent it from being found out.

Answer 7

who pays for most of the un budget?  that would be the USA.

Answer 8

the un is an organisation that is mired in beurocracy and impotent because it has so many countries and special interest groups with votes that is can't seem to do anything but write out nasty letters.... making idle threats....

and when and if they do send in the troops they have shown those troops to be incompetant and as bad as the people they are protecting against.

sorry I seem to have lost myself a little there but the un is a bit of a waste of space - they require lots of funding and don't seem to be doing anything...

rememebr their office in iraq? they didn't protect it well enough and they were bombed - then the un rather than learn from it's mistake cut and run...

so they can't get a proper decision in what to do and they probably couldn't do a better job that the us is doing at the moment anyway...

Answer 9

Because it was US that bypassed UN resolution to attack Iraq

Iraq was not the global or even regional problem

It was a threat faced or imagined by US

Since US is the biggest financer of UN, UN is extremely dependent on US diktats, therefore its hands are tied yet in case of Iraq

But US will resort to UN someday to ensure a face saving and "Victorious" exit from Iraq

Answer 10

because they are mad at us for breaking up the Oil for Food scam

Answer 11

There would not be a problem if the USA just keep its nose out off other countries

Answer 12

There is a simple answer to that. America did not listen to the U.N. and to about 149 countries who protested America going to war.

America collected a group of countries and paid most of them to support the war.Some of them just sent a handful of soldiers.America called it The Collation Of The Willing.

I hope you understand why no one wants to help now.Those who went in are all leaving so now it is an American war.

Answer 13

BECAUSE UNITED NATIONS AFRAID OF USA. BECAUSE USA HAS THE BIGGEST PRIVACY AND ECONOMY IN UNITED NATIONS.

Answer 14

What are they supposed to do?  They voted against us going into Iraq, Bush did it anyway.  For the most port the UN does what the US tells it to.  If we agree we impose sanctions against the countries that disobey their rulings.  If we don't agree, we do what ever the h**l we want to anyway.  Bush is a power run amok.

Answer 15

They can't do anything about most things. The UN is an impotent entity and should be disbanded.

Answer 16

Well alot of people think the UN voted to say the US should not invade Iraq.

that's a myth, the UN never has such a vote.

The UN has never even said the invasion was illegal.

Kofi Ann personally said that, but the UN it self has never even brought the matter up.

Most people don't seem to realize that all coalition forces in Iraq now, are there under UN resolutions.

UN Security Council resolution 1546 (2004)

extended by

UN Security Council resolution 1637 (2005).

and extended again by

UN Security Council resolution 1723 (2006).

created a US lead Multinational Force in Iraq.

The same kind of Force that is in Kosavo today.

Answer 17

Because it didn't create it. It was against the war in the first place.

Answer 18

Because the UN is not capable of doing anything anywhere. It has many major problems that were built in its system. First, the bureaucracy of decision making, where you must have the agreement of many countries before you could get a decision about any crisis. And many of these countries could be heavy involved in these crises. Dirty politics play a big role in what the UN can or cannot do. Then you have corruption. Because the money of the UN does not belong to any country, practically, it's being used by the UN officials as their own. The UN helped to damage Iraq during Saddam's days, and it continues to do that now by being so negative about it. As an Iraqi, I think it's better for our country to leave this freak entity which didn't offer anything to us better than the painful days of sanctions. The sanctions that made us weaker and Saddam stronger.

Answer 19

they told  us to stop sticking our noses in other peoples business, but we ignored them. thank you Bush, you big freaking retarded monkey!

Answer 20

the plb is america is the greatest funder of the UN. so if the UN disagrees,

1. we don't give a d**n

2. we can always threaten 2 take away the funds.

how ironic!! the UN is so like the league of nations. it has got no power whatsoever.

Answer 21

Good question!

There are many excuses  as answers.

Answer 22

it's sad people want to believe what they hear, instead of finding out the truth, the UN is a mix of all the countries, that is ignorant to blame the president, when the fact is if the UN had done something to get some of these countries harboring terrorist to turn them in, remember the people that killed several of our citizens in case you liberals forgot, which it seems you did. If they could have got those countries to turn there we wouldn't be in different nations fighting to find them like Afghanistan & Iraq, as well as neighboring countries.

We tried to be diplomatic in case you forgot that, which again you must have. In case you were wondering when it rains it's not Bush's fault because you seem to blame everything else on him, he is the President not some higher being he has so much authorities and has so many groups working in the administration.  People need to pull their heads out of their asses and try to check into things before just reading some false e-mail and then slandering the president and using it as fact when it's not, that's propaganda when you do that.

Answer 23

The  UN is  United  Nations, not  the US;

it  dont  have to do  anything.

Answer 24

Bush anti-diplomacy.

Answer 25

Because it isn't down to the United Nations to finalize the say! Like they say, it is down to President Bush to make the final decision!