Posted on 12/30/2004 12:03:54 PM PST by ddtorque
Another appalling outburst of acrimony towards the United States, in what will probably be the next counter-assault from the United Nations, courtesy of former UK cabinet minister Clare Short: Bush ‘Undermining UN with Aid Coalition’.
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Do we really want an organization as corrupt as the UN to spearhead relief efforts? Do we want them to control billions of relief dollars?
NO!!
They STOLE a lot of money with the "Oil for Food" program. Now they expect us to trust them with this money? Geeeezzzz........
Kofi's son will also be saddened. He won't be able to STEAL any of this money.
"It is the only body that has the moral authority."
I can't belive these people. The just insult one country after another.
The point is to get the aid from the US (whether private or governmental gifts) to the people who need it as efficiently as possible. That purpose would be "undercut," to borrow your word, Claire, if the billions in aid had to pass through the bigoted, incompetent, dishonest fingers of Kofi Annan, Jan Egeland, and the like before heading for Asia.
If you're capable of reading and learning, Claire, click below and keep your mind open to the possibilities.
Congressman Billybob
U.S. out of the U.N., and the U.N. out of the U.S.! NOW!
“It is the only body that has the moral authority..."
Since the Korean War, the U.N. amd "moral authority" never even met.
Poor Kofi Jr.
The UN is too corrupt. It's soldiers would probably withhold food from starving victims until they got sex.
All of these nations have what I call the "liberal disease." They don't do things because they're the right thing to do. They only do them because they get the credit for doing those things. And when someone else gets more credit, they get nasty.
Well said...besides that- Kofi's major announcement at his press conference this afternoon is that the UN will hold a meeting...NEXT week (got to have those elegant, lovely New Year's Eve parties in Manhattan).
Oh- and he said - offhandedly- the magnitude of the disaster is so great that even with all the aid coming from across the world- it may not be enough to save millions of people.
What a take-charge kind of guy, eh?
There has never been good UN accounting for any of their programs. They just set up a numbered account at some upper east side bank and ask that contributions to the program be sent to that numbered account. There is no accountability. Sometimes, the money is sent to an account one digit off and then there may be a fight to get it back. The UNer can dip into his program's account for funds to pay the tuition at an exclusive school up above Van Cortland Park for one of the children of his mistress and no one would ever know!
Stickey fingered UNers need to have cash pass through their hands so they can skim the 10% they are due!!
Claire, tell that to all the women that got raped and abused by UN "workers" in Africa, sweetie.
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The UN: too slow, too corrupt and too arrogant to be trusted when lives are at stake.
Truth hurts Koffi.
We are Americans - we value honesty and fair play.
Thieves and liars get none of the respect the UN kleptocrats demand. We used to HANG horse thieves and cattle rustlers on sight. Be warned.
Just post Claire's picture..it says it all.
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