How I see the relationship between the US government and the UN is that the US uses the UN name and its forces to project it's forigne policy onto other nations. The US is with and even supportive of the UN as long as the UN does what the US wants. Once the UN disagrees with the US however, the UN has No authority or meaning to the US; the recent wars in the middle east are great examples. So I see the UN as a tool used by the US to get what it wants, but i think that the idea of the UN is good and if it could stop being used as a tool by the US it could actually do what it is supposed to do.

If the UN is to have authority or input into other countries in an attempt to create peace i see no reason why the US must can be exempt from that same authority and questioning. The US isn't a shining beacon of morality and recently, because of forces such as the Military Industrial Complex, it has made choices that hinder attempts at peace. Change will have to come from within but it doesn't look like that's happening anytime soon.

As for the closing of the NY HQ i was more vague than i thought, i think that the HQ should be in a country that actually cares and listens to the UN but i don't think that the NY office complex should be shutdown completely just not the main HQ of the UN.

First of all as others have pointed out, Putin isn't the president of Russia right now and thus legally isn't in control of Russia. Also Putin is popular in Russia for what he has done for the country. After the breakup of the Soviet Union the majority of the population's living standards dropped and the economy was even more crippled. Russia still has a long way to go but Putin, while he was president, has done a lot to raise the living standard and get the economy going even if it is still slow. Putin isn't a bad person, but he is bad in the eyes of many Americans because he doesn't blindly and passively accept all US foreign policy. In the interest of world peace we shouldn't try to continually demonize Putin or Russia just because they don't agree with some of the United States foreign policies such as the missile shield program being developed in Poland and the Czech republic. In the interest of world peace the United States and Russia need to be willing to compromise and listen to each others concerns and ideas. This isn't the cold war and there is no reason why any country should seek increased tensions for the sake of power and influence in areas they have no positive plan or intentions for. Putin has dealt with the United States in a way other nations should have. He didn't easily get pushed aside by hollow assurances of honesty or promises from the United States. He didn't accept United States polices on presentation and face value alone. He didn't worry more about upsetting the US government than about protecting his citizens. He wasn't afraid to stop dealing with a nation that doesn't care whatsoever for his citizens. In the interest of world peace nations should put aside their pride, put aside the commanding religion, put aside the economic system and just worry about the protection of their citizens from those who mean harm either directly as in warfare or indirectly as in denying aid to those in need.

The idea that the U.S should throw out the U.N is absurd yet iconic of U.S views of organization. The mission of the U.N is to attempt to create and maintain a level of peace and thus attempt to stop a new world war. The U.S generally doesn't like the U.N because the members of the U.N don't support all U.S actions without question and sometimes resistance. These members fail to see that the U.S always knows what is right and is also morally right because God is on our side. I find it ironic to even say that the US should throw the U.N out, for it is the U.S that doesn't cooperate or compromise with the U.N. If anything the U.S should be thrown out because it doesn't even listen to the will of the U.N. Maybe the U.N should leave its New York headquarters though since the U.S doesn't even care about it.

Just because Guantanamo Bay isn't on the US mainland doesn't mean that it shouldn't follow the same rules that are followed on it. It is basically an extension of the US where torture and other acts against humanity can occur without law. It is a disgrace to America and to humanity and any continued use or defense of the center and the actions taken part in it expose hypocrisy, hate, and acceptance of fear as a tool the US can use against anyone it doesn't like for political or other motives. Shutting down Guantanamo Bay is a great move by Obama and gives hope for a better United States.

Yes it was based off of religious beliefs and gay marriage doesn't harm anyone. No one should have their rights taken away to begin with, especially when the reason to do so is because of a belief system, that is not supported by everyone, that thinks it is disrespectful and harmful to an idea.

I don't care if you respond or even read this but i want to make some points clear.

First off i know where that quote came from i read your posts completely.

Yes I never thought you were praising Hitler what's wrong with me pointing that out? Also i didn't say you didn't hate Hitler what i was saying is that being american doesn't by default make you hate Hitler. I never said that Americans didn't suffer that they shouldn't be respected so i don't know why you are getting so defensive.

I understand that you don't care about Russia, it was obvious when I read your first post on the topic, but i don't see a reason why you can't respect them for fighting against Hitler just like most people respect the Americans and British for fighting against Hitler.

In my post I brought up nothing about if America would win against Russia or about the fact that yes Russia almost lost against Germany. So did you actually read my full post? because if you did why did you complain about something that wasn't there?

Even though i disagreed with you fervently from the start I tried to be respectful of your post, i don't see why you couldn't do the same. Just because I was defending Russia and disagreeing with you in that post doesn't make me a commy, a bastard, or an idiot.

First of all Russia's contribution to the war was vary important to defeating Germany. Even if you deny the military contribution of Russia, you can't possibly deny that Russia didn't force Germany to fight on two flanks. Because Germany split its forces it was not able to conquer all of Western Europe, but nonetheless it came close. As with with orders i think you will find that at first Stalin called the shots as well, so it wasn't just Germany that didn't have command and communication problems.

Largely because Russia once was "communist" America for the longest time and currently in some areas hates and distrusts Russia. That is obvious just from the media bias against Russia in the last few years plus the entire cold war period. And your point that "Russia, for that brief moment in history was one of the good guys" is further proof that many still don't like Russia. Russia has been demonized because it was "communist". If you look at America's involvement throughout the world you sill see that majority of the time America is perfectly fine with allowing a dictatorship exist.

While i don't think you were praising Hitler you were belittling the sacrifices of Russians by saying that the reason Germany lost was because of Hitler's mistakes. In just the battle of Stalingrad Russia lost a million Russians, whereas america lost no more than 600,000 during all of world war 2.

As an american means nothing to the degree you deplore Hitler since compared to Russia, or any Western European nation America suffered little under Hitler's cruelty. You should deplore Hitler as a human being, being american has nothing to do with it as history has proven america has also recklessly killed innocence people, but behind the name of democracy and spreading capitalism.

No nation demands respect but when a people of that nation fight for their lives and to destroy an enemy such as hitler they demand respect. Russians, Americans, Britons and others demand respect for their fight against Hitler's war machine. Put aside your anti-Russian bias and think of them as just human beings and then realize that they were human beings just like you and me but the majority of them lived through a fate they could not prevent and far worse than most if any american has experienced.

Cats are my favorite pets because they are clean, cute, friendly, and fascinating to watch(when they aren't sleeping but some poses are really funny or sweet). I have three cats and they mean a lot to me. If I am sad they will come and sit by me. I can let them go outside and they will return when I call them. They are not kittens anymore but they are always willing to play. They know when they are wanted or not and act accordingly all the time. I have always loved cats as pets and wild cats are my favorite animals.

Many of the things I said I want America to be are things that America once was and I just want to return to and then improve. Also none of this goes against human nature it just goes against capitalism, where I'll admit in american and many other places is accepted as human nature. There are many nations that have a form of universal health care and not only are they not communist but they will probably never be, such examples include Canada and most of Western Europe.

Are you against helping the poor because it is "communist". Helping the poor is just the wish to help your fellow human being, something I consider to be a natural and basic human instinct; any political or economic system can allow helping those in need and thus to say that any attempt to help the poor is communist seems rather ignorant and indifferent.

I want America to be ahead of the social curve. I want America to be a place where equality is never jeopardized by any religion. I want America to be a place where those who voluntarily work for their community to make it a better place are more recognized and appreciated for what they do. I want America to have universal health care. I want America to reduce and if possible eliminate the gap between rich and poor. I want America to be a place where corruption finds no home or support. I want America to have the best education possible that is economically and socially accessible to everyone. I want America to be the leader in green technologies. I want America to worry more for its citizens than for corporations and their profits. I want America to focus on helping its own citizens instead of invading and occupying other nations to exploit them, dictate their government and force a capitalist economy. Most of all I want America to become compassionate about the world and all who inhabit it; to understand that we are not republicans or democrats, not Americans or non-Americans but humans on a planet with other humans and creatures.