[TheRealThing]

We have the power to "FIX" the UN. If conducted appropriately, the UN has positive value that allows the US to dictate policy through a united front. Otherwise, all countries are acting on their own accord for no formal process to manage their activities. I do not support backing out, I support us taking over!

I see your point. Like the saying goes, there's a reason they call it an administration. If the books written on the subject and the news reports are correct, the various cabinet and agency heads of the current US Government to include the State Department run by John Kerry, must carry the water for Barack Obama and him only. Every detail is micromanaged and comes down the chain from White House rabid chipmunks the likes of Ben Rhodes. Hence the mess we're in. Even Huffington Post Editor Sam Stein has awakened in the aftermath of the past election to that fact as the following video and article shows:
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The Huffington Post's senior politics editor, Sam Stein, says President Obama oversaw "the destruction of the Democratic Party," leaving it "in a much worse position" than before his presidency started.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/312023...on-of-dems

If we had an ambassador corps staffed with good people, of which there are many available, we could conceivably straighten out the mess to some degree and hold sway in the manner of past years. There is no question that we've benefited from certain information and diplomatic success. It's just than in the past 8 years we've been particularly eager to renounce our role across the globe and the UN.

There's so much to undo and all of it imminently important, that one wonders if 8 years is enough time to set it all straight. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.