U.N. corruption and irrelevance

Kofi Annan's son was involved in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal by accepting payments from Cotecna, the firm responsible for the oil-for-food goods inspections even after his employment has ended. That increases the stain on the U.N. and brings the oil-for-food corruption that much closer to Kofi Annan. When the U.N. cannot enforce its decisions with force and is even complicit in undermining its own sanctions, then the institution is hopelessly irrelevant.

The U.S. is bound to stay in the U.N. to keep up appearances to make as many foreign policy decisions initiated by the U.S. seem like it has "multinational support", but it must never be afraid to take unilateral action when nations (read: France, Russia, and China) obstruct the U.S. from defending its citizens from danger.