In recent years the United Nations has come under attack for not being able to enforce any rules and regulations they impose. Some believe the United Nations to be a waste because if there is no way of enforcing laws, then there will be no way to make nations adhere to them. Others believe that Nations should not undermine the authority of the United Nations. Many countries, including the United States, have acted when the United Nations has voted not to. In the United States politicians have addressed these Issues with the United Nations. Some believe that in order to be looked at more favorably by our peer nations we (the United States) should adhere to the policies of the United Nations. Others believe that if the United Nations is not going to act on our behalf, that the United States should take the initiative and act.
Readers should think about what the United States should do if the United Nations refuses to act. Does the United Nations have our better interest in mind? Should we undermine the authority of the United Nations? Can the United Nations be trusted to make some decisions for us? How will the United Nations enforce the decisions that they make. Lastly, is the United Nations capable of managing such a large world as ours?
What do you get out of this political cartoon?
This is a very interesting topic to discuss and I will be eager to read what you have to say about these issues. To answer some of the questions you have brought up I believe that although the United States as great influence in the United Nations, our country alone does not make up the entirety of this body. United Nations is a body composed of many countries around the world. The United States alone cannot represent the world.
ReplyDeleteFrom the cartoon I get a sense that the United Nations is an institution that is in between the opposites of the world. It also looks as thought the UN is on unstable ground. There may be some problems with the UN, but for the most part the UN serves as a body where countries can go and settle at large issues that are affecting the world.
Thank you so much for responding to my post. Sometimes I think that the United Nations is a waste, but then I realize that we need some sort of Authority to govern all these Nations in our world. I would have to agree on the political carton, you hit it right on the head. The United Nations is what bridges the Western World and the Eastern World. It also bridges the Industrial World and the Non-Industrial World. I do believe that the United Nations is becoming less important in today's world. That is why I think that it needs to have a change so that it can enforce their rules and regulations.
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