The UN is terrible, but we need it
The author argues that while the United Nations is often inefficient and ineffective at resolving conflicts, it remains a necessary institution.
The United Nations is a timid Tower of Babel that is more effective at issuing paper than at solving conflicts; hell is a U.N. meeting.
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