How to Really Reform the U.N.

President Obama famously responded to a question about "American exceptionalism." Asked by a reporter if he believed in it, Mr. Obama replied, "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." It was if he'd just gotten back from Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average. So if America's exceptional and so are the Greeks and the Brits -- and presumably, too, are the Bangladeshis and the Paraguayans and everyone else -- what remains of our exceptionalism? Well, if that's the president's position, let's apply it to one area greatly in need of such a formula: Reform of the United Nations.The U.N. was originally supposed to be a world body, a forum for the prevention of war and the maintenance of a just and durable peace. That was FDR's great vision. But it never achieved that lofty goal. It never has come close. The U.N. has managed to overlook the...(Read Full Article)

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