four african states compete forge four seats. what you needed to have happen is other african states to compete and if they had, libya wouldn't have won and how do we get that to happen. the u.s. ran on a slate only two candidates for two seats. when it declared candidacy, it wasn't a good position to challenge other states to run in a competitive election. >> george w. bush administration was very dubious of the united nations, felt that some of the voter process was a bit of a show, dog and pony show, is this just evidence they were right? >> no, absolutely not. what we need to do is make it better, but you can't give up on it because this is a system that's helping people on the ground. and really, what's, you know, who are you going to serve by backing out? >> right. >> usually the u.s. spoils for a fight and wants to get in there and do what's right. needs to do more of that. the obama administration is doing the right thing by engaging the council, but need it put more time and resources into it and can make the system better and even under this circumstance with states