Wave Goodbye ... Mark Steyn

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 15 May 2005 | Mark Steyn

[Rummyfan]

Steyn ping!

[Rummyfan]

Steyn ping!

[cardinal4]

When rent-a-quote senators claim to be pro-U.N. or multilateralist, the tsunami operation is what they have in mind -- that when something bad happens the United States should commit to working through the approved transnational bureaucracies and throw even more "resources" at them, even though nothing will happen (Sri Lanka), millions will be stolen (Oil for Food), children will get raped (U.N. peacekeeping operations) and hundreds of thousands will die (Sudan).

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

[Rummyfan]

When rent-a-quote senators claim to be pro-U.N. or multilateralist, the tsunami operation is what they have in mind -- that when something bad happens the United States should commit to working through the approved transnational bureaucracies and throw even more "resources" at them, even though nothing will happen (Sri Lanka), millions will be stolen (Oil for Food), children will get raped (U.N. peacekeeping operations) and hundreds of thousands will die (Sudan).

The U.N. has no clothes and it's high time more of our so-called Republican leaders call it out for what it is!

[Darnright]

I am so looking forward to the day Bolton is allowed to roll up his sleeves and sit down behind that United States marker in the UN building.

Kofi and his buddies will have a screaming hissy, and I'm going to laugh my head off.

[henderson field]

500 shipping containers sitting on the dock in tsunami-land is insane. I wonder what happened to all the "little people" contributions that everyone was asked to contribute to: the high-school fund raiser, the jar on the counter of the restaurant, etc. etc. They probably wound up with the Indonesian customs officials, too.

[e5man_r_u?]

Steyn is on target as usual.

BTTT!

[ARridgerunner]

Ping.

[petitfour]

Great writing.

[SquirrelKing]

Steyn + beer + sunshine = Great Weekend.

[dts32041]

Went to billy the boob and george the wimp, you don't think they were not getting paid to go there.

Pol's sheesh.

[D Rider]

...So the only really effective way to get around UN/3rd World bureaucrats is the personally deliver the aid by the US Armed Forces. ...Now who would have thunk it?

[daybreakcoming]

You sound like you are one who actually knows what happens to any contributions made to 3rd world countries. I have seen it firsthand. The top government officials take a big skim off the top of any money sent (local officials get a smaller skim). Actual goods donated are seized and "sold" to the general public rather than freely dispensed. Sometimes the donator has to pay a tax on goods donated. It is the "custom".

[dvan]

"I wonder what happened to all the "little people" contributions that everyone was asked to contribute to: the high-school fund raiser, the jar on the counter of the restaurant, etc. etc. They probably wound up with the Indonesian customs officials, too."

I wondered about that too. I was tempted to send aid but unfortunately realized that it was unlikely to get to its proper recepients. That's what usually happens when there is a mass stampede to handle a crisis. Going through organizations that have credibility and struccture like Samaritan's Purse , Operation Blessing and similar groups is usually the best option. They have been operating in many of these areas for a number of years. The U.N. is NOT!

[Pan_Yan]

The Problem:


The Solution:


Not the Solution:

[SamAdams76]

Mark Steyn is now officially my favorite commentator. He's like a sober verson of P.J. O'Rourke!

[StoneGiant]

[Fester Chugabrew]

Permanent-floating-crap-game-of-international-high-rollers BUMP

[KeyWest]

bttt

[Allan]

A good writer, Mark Steyn,
too bad he isn't carried by any Canadian newspaper
any more.

I wonder why?

(He is carried by a magazine called
'The Weekly Standard'
which is almost impossible to find in Toronto.
I've tried many times without success).