[Josh Painter]

please be so kind as to point out exactly which UN policies Fred was “laudatory of,” as you claim.

[calcowgirl]

Now we have to keep in mind that while the UN is hopeless in some respects, a Security Council vote provides political cover for some timid nations to do the right thing -- like help us in Iraq. Also, UN humanitarian assistance, like the World Food Program’s, run by Americans, do much good.