<the modern U.N. is comprised largely of crooks.
Yes, I know, there are many more democracies now than there were in 1945.
I think of south america and East-Europe and the republics that used to be from the former Soviet Union. More crooks today than in 1945? Even Spain used to have a dictator (Franco) around that time.
I guess you call crooks democratic countries that don't happen to have conservative governments.

The beauty about the UN is that even if there still are non-democratic countries members of the UN, their agenda can differ as much between themselves as feuds between democracies. Even then, an international organization helps reduce tensions. Maritime laws are good for coutries no matter what their governments are, for instance.

Raoul