Mark Steyn: There is no cure for the UN

The Spectator (U.K.) ^ | 09/17/05 | Mark Steyn

[ncountylee]

The Arab League members voted against the US position 88.7 per cent of the time.

The ASEAN members voted against the US position 84.5 per cent of the time.

The Islamic Conference members voted against the US position 84.1 per cent of the time.

The African members voted against the US position 83.8 per cent of the time.

The Non-Aligned Movement members voted against the US position 82.7 per cent of the time.

And European Union members voted against the US position 54.5 per cent of the time.


It's hopeless!!!

[knighthawk]

Ping

[knighthawk]

A neighbour of mine periodically pins one of his ‘US OUT OF UN NOW!’ bumper stickers to the back of my rig, and I’m happy to drive around with it.

No more UN for US-list

If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

[Grateful One]

Breathtakingly brilliant! Steyn is such an educator.

Mark seems to get better and better.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping. Steyn's great!

[COUNTrecount]

Steyn-O-Mite !!!!

[GoldwaterChick]

Glad to see you are carrying on a family tradition. I was in favor of moving the UN to East Berlin way, way back when. I hope someday I will get over the shame of being a student delegate to a UNESCO conference in the very late 40's or early 50's, of having any association whatsoever with this corrupt organization. I didn't go voluntarily--it was a school assignment.

[King Prout]

this man is just SO good at nailing it

[maica]

Did you hear Rush say that when President Bush met Kofi yesterday, he said "How's Bolton doing? Anything blown up yet?"

[TEXOKIE]

bttt

[goldstategop]

I want the UN phased out of existence not strengthened. That's why I don't want John Bolton to succeed. I want the UN to become, in the words of a little Rush lingo, histoire. The unholy power cabal of the Western Left and the world's thugocracies needs to be permanently broken. And the sooner the better.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[SW6906]

BTTT!!

[CharlieOK1]

I agree with this article, but my question is this: What would happen if President Bush said that we are leaving the UN effective immediately? There are so many positives that would come out of it, and I guess the negatives would be politically for the Repubs. I wonder if that will ever be a possibility in our lifetimes?

[Gritty]

BTTT

[Ruth A.]

It's hard not to go ga-ga over his incredible mind!

I am unabashedly proud of going ga-ga for Steyn.

[Ruth A.]

Let's go another step in thinking. What if President Bush said, "We are pulling out of the UN effective immediately and will use that money to pay for recovery from Katrina, Ophelia, etc. The UN is welcome to leave by December 2005 and after that we will be charging rent, giving parking tickets and allowing no diplomatic immunity for UN members in the US."

[CharlieOK1]

stop it, you're getting me all excited!

[decal]

"The logical end of expanding the Security Council is removing the permanent veto."

The veto is the only reason we should remain in the UN.

[NZerFromHK]

I speak Chinese as a first language, and I can say media from South East Asian countries (which is what ASEAN countries cover: it has Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, the Philippines, Indonesi, and Brunei covered). Much of the media is fiercely Third World nationalistic anti-American and to the extreme hardcore veriety - nothing short og a President Noam Chomsky on the part of the UNited States will make these chaps happy. They actually make Germany or Sweden, if not France, like Steyn's friends. Sure, there are friends of America in the region, such as Singapore and Thailand, but some countries are actively anti-American (Burma no doubt, Malaysia is the main one).

And because this region is no basketbase (Malaysia is actually very powerful economically) and not stagnating like the EU, it is quite an alarming prospect for the US.