Actually the U.N., for the past few years at least, has been a forum to bash Israel in all honesty. Now I don't want to change the subject here because you all bring up very valid points including that the U.N. will stay around even if it doesn't "actively" tackle security issues.

The U.N. will never have a standing army, never. It's already a street cop on valium, so putting an army directly under it's control would lead the world to ruin. Not to mention how would the soldiers get chosen, etc. etc. THere's too many issues and I'm too sick to type this much anyway.

Peace