Why the UN Should Change

Lincoln, Calhoun
and the U.N.'s Dilemma

McClellan makes an interesting point about why Americans of all stripes distrust the U.N: It treats all states as equal to each other and does not privilege democracies or freedom. The U.N. thus allows Syria to sit on the Human Rights Commission, and is slow to authorize action against aggressor states or states that ill-treat their citizens.