text: whats the point in belonging to the un or nato.? america is part of nato. so where are the other  countries and why are they not part of the coalition forces in iraq. america is part of the un. why are they not with the  other coalition forces in iraq. is it time to scrap these two out dated ideals. the un has turned into the impotent tea-sipping debate society the league of nations was. in the 1930's, the lon, in typical european fashion, couldn't even muster the courage to write moussolini a stern letter for invading ethiopia.  today, the un turns its backs on the 1 million deaths in darfur, the 750,000 deaths in rwanda, the chinese conquest of tibet and murder of the fulan gong, the thousands murdered by saddam, the terrorism of the cowardly sheep-loving muslims against israel, etc. their peacekeepers can rape the women and children of those they're supposed to protect, but little else.  the irony about the current coalition war against iraq, is that it was bush who did this to make the un relavent, to demonstrate the force behind its words, behind the dozens of resolutions against iraq.  in nato, now we are supporting the european economies with our military budget. let those 'superior' 'enlightened' folks take care of themselves, and let us pull our troops and money out of there. there is no longer a warsaw pact to unite against.