Source: U.N. Pullout from Baghdad a PR Stunt

NewsMax ^ | 10/30/03 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

A senior U.N. Security Council diplomat has told NewsMax that, in effect, Kofi Annan’s decision to evacuate the U.N. center in Baghdad was no more than a political stunt.

The pullout by the U.N. only involves 16 people in Baghdad, who will leave for 6 weeks and go to Cyprus. 45 others in the northern city of Erbil will remain, so we asked, "With only 16 people left out of almost 300 before the attack in August, why the move to evacuate?”

We were told that this is no more than "political window dressing;" it is more PR than anything else. The Red Cross decision to evacuate their Baghdad center also could not be ignored by Annan.

Annan’s decision came after he held a meeting of his senior staff this week to discuss the U.N. special panel's findings on the Baghdad attack, released last week.

No word from the U.N. as to what happened at this meeting, which was labeled as "unofficial." But NewsMax was told that Annan is under "intense pressure" to move on last week’s report, which labeled the U.N.'s entire security structure as "dysfunctional."

Many rank and filers at U.N. headquarters reacted, saying, "we told you so." To many at the U.N. the report finally brought into the open a serious problem inside the U.N. bureaucracy which has been around for decades but such a political hot potato that nobody wanted to touch it, namely that security at the U.N. is not so secure.

The major criticism is that the U.N.'s security system is loaded with incompetent political appointees who have little credible security or law enforcement experience.

The U.N. staff have openly spoken of Annan trying "to ignore" the report and avoid any substantive firings of security staff.

The U.S. official tells NewsMax that the U.N. evacuation of Baghdad is, in essence, Annan throwing a bone to the U.N. staff dogs.

The U.S,. NewsMax was told, will increase its security presence at the U.N. compound, which will be repaired while the U.N. takes its hiatus.

[Simmy2.5]

I don't know about you, but the UN out of Iraq sounds good to me. If this is in some way trying to believe that the UN should run Iraq, it isn't working.

[lilylangtree]

Rec'd the following in an email. Makes great sense.

Did you know ... :
The United States gives out $13.3 billion tax dollars in direct Foreign Aid annually. The United States is above and beyond the single most generous benefactor of the United Nations, donating $2.4 billion dollars of YOUR money, to primarily third-world dictators.

This amount is 25% of the United Nations budget. In addition, the United States also gives another $1.4 billion tax dollars to United Nations' programs and agencies. The American taxpayers fund more for the United Nations than ALL of the other 177 member nations COMBINED.

What most Americans do not realize is that the vast majority of the recipients of the of US Foreign Aid routinely vote against the wishes of the United States in the United Nations at an average rate of 74%. In other words, of the $13.3 billion tax dollars invested in direct Foreign Aid only about 26% or $3.5 billion went to support people who endorsed American initiatives or causes. A staggering $9.8 billion tax dollars went to causes and people who were and are in open and direct opposition to the United States' interests and objectives.

Listed below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations' records:

Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time.
United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of the time.
Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.
Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.
Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.
Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.
India votes against the United States 81% of the time.
Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.
Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the time.

US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:

Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United States, still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid.

Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.

Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.

India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.

Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and get the UN out of the US, and give the tax savings back to the American workers who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes. If you agree, send these facts to all your representatives and friends.

Walter Steinmann, aka mrmeany
P.O. Box 615 - Newcastle, CA. 95658
916) 663-9324 V - F 916) 663-9325 Past President CAJP - Moderator FJN Serving Northern California and Nevada in the field of
Judgment Enforcement Nothing herein should be considered legal advice.
If you have questions, ask a Lawyer

[Centurion2000]

So in other words .... if there is no danger and it is safe .. the UN descends like a pack of blooksucking parasites.

Let danger appear and they are over the horizon with their brown strained underwear at french speed.