[anniegetyourgun]

What would we do without the ever-useful U.N.?

[MikefromOhio]

what are they going to do if a country doesnt do that? Hit them with sanctions? Write them a nasty letter?

[mewzilla]

Where the heck were they?

I saw Cliff May on one of the news nets yesterday asking that question. He said that the UN pays someone to check the level of the snowpack for Alpine ski resorts, but wouldn't ensure that there was a tsunami warning system in place for countries around the Indian Ocean?!

[apillar]

"what are they going to do if a country doesnt do that? Hit them with sanctions? Write them a nasty letter?"

The UN will have the nerdy looking british guy come out and blame President Bush and the United States because we didn't give the countries enough money to buy the equipment.

[backhoe]

$130 million

Guess they need a new source of kickbacks now that Oil for Food has been exposed...

[Graybeard58]

I suspect that after this occurence that most of those Asian nations won't need much prodding from the UN or anybody else to get some kind of warning system in place.

It's just sad that it takes a tragedy like this to get their attention to a problem that has always existed.

A 15 minute warning could possibly have saved hundreds of lives and my understanding of tsunamis is that in some cases warnings are available hours before the tsunami actually hits land.

[Issaquahking]

Actually UN, I don't give a damn what you think.
take notes goofy koffican, your organization is about over!

[FreedomPoster]

Classic case of closing the barn door after the horse is long gone.