After understanding a lot of your posts you would like USA to leave. Would you even care who would take your place?
There are many, many, folks in the US that would like the US to quit the UN all together. It provides no useful (or very limited) benefit for us. The US would be better off building coalitions on a regional basis.
I personally feel the same way. The US should leave the UN, not pay any more into it. It's a pointless institution in its relationship with the US. It's simply an international 'wealth distribution bureaucracy' run by feel good corrupt leftists who seem willing to keep a little for themselves. It only provides a 'soap box' for the insignificant nations and in particular for third world cesspools.
France certainly shouldn't have a seat on the SC, in fact at this point 'Euro-nation' should get but 1 seat in the UN all together. After their performance in Rwanda (along with Belgium) and their ignoring of Sudan (France has oil interests in Sudan) they should be given a seat in the back row.
FYI, Kofi Annan was the UN head of peacekeeping during the Rwandan massacre, heck of a job he did there.
You can read the above as typical Ami 'French-bashing' or 'Euro-bashing' if you wish. However, I am just qualifying my reasoning. If it ends up coming across as 'euro-hating' so be it.
As a left wing Swede you may not quite understand some Americans rejection of the 'Internationale' but the 'rewards' aren't worth our (US citizens) 'investment'.
can you tell me exactly why a "third" country would have less saying than another one? Because they are stupid?
Not all nations, opinions, and / or value systems are equal and deserving consideration. Some things deserve to be ignored. It's simple egalitarian non-sense to think otherwise.
