# US & UN: Neutral Ground?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-un-neutral-ground/149415>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-un-neutral-ground/149415 "2003-01-18T04:35:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-un-neutral-ground/149415/1 "2003-01-18T04:35:30Z")

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Two questions about the UN:  
(a) Shouldn’t the UN have been built on neutral ground?

(b) I was wondering if the US were to disobey the UN’s wishes, would the US be kicked out of the UN?

- Jinx

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-un-neutral-ground/149415/2 "2003-01-18T05:21:52Z")

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Neutral Ground? Well, maybe, but I understand the shopping is terrible in Antarctica.

The U.S. has a permanent position within the U.N., specifically a seat on the Security Council. Something truly gonzo would have to happen before the U.S. was voted out, like making all the diplomats pay their parking tickets.

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-un-neutral-ground/149415/3 "2003-01-18T07:03:57Z")

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Of course, if the US gets kicked out, doesn’t a lot of funding and military power go with it?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-un-neutral-ground/149415/4 "2003-01-18T15:50:44Z")

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**Jinx** , do you have a specific place in mind?