[Mark Felton]

India may be asked to replace France on the Security Council.

[Future Snake Eater]

Hey, good idea! Screw the UN, make them even MORE irrelevant, knock out a genocidal madman, and get the U.S. economy jumpstarted with massive contracting gigs. Bush is one smart mofo.

[wretchard]

Keeping the NGOs out of the funding pool is an act genius. About 90% of NGO funds are spent in administration or "advocacy", which is liberalspeak for propaganda. The money should go to Iraqi direct hires, rather than to expatriate NGO workers.

[Sabertooth]

pingo

[MississippiMan]

I had feared it wouldn't go down like this but man oh man I hope it does. 'Twould be so sweet for something on the global scale to be based on common sense exchanges. Of course, Annan and Chiraq are both already running their traps about what they'll be doing AFTER we and our real allies have taken 199% of the risk. Stick to your guns, Bush, and tell them to get lost.

MM

[jrlc]

Now let's stop paying the UN bill altogether. Bye Bye UN -- the sooner the better.

[mondonico]

Excellent!!! UN NGOs are the chief opponents of US sovereignty, even more so than France and her cohorts.

[Shermy]

NGO's are just greedy schemes for the most part (not those that vaccinate children, etc.) And Iraq doesn't exactly need "reconstruction" - it's a sophisticated country with architects, road builders, scientists, etc. etc.

[Shermy]

NGO's are just greedy schemes for the most part (not those that vaccinate children, etc.) And Iraq doesn't exactly need "reconstruction" - it's a sophisticated country with architects, road builders, scientists, etc. etc.

[dead]

I really hope this is true, but this is exactly the sort of thing Bush backs off of when the Ted Kennedy's and the NY Times of the world start squealing.

Stick to it, George. It's the right thing to do and a tasty way to do it.

[Centurion2000]

SWEET :)

[Cassanova Frankenstein]

Bravo. Get the U.S. out of the UN and the UN out of the US.

[Grampa Dave]

More good news for us and more terminal news for the DOA UN.

"The Bush plan, as detailed in more than 100 pages of confidential contract documents, would sideline United Nations development agencies and other multilateral organizations that have long directed reconstruction efforts in places such as Afghanistan and Kosovo. The plan also would leave big non-governmental organizations largely in the lurch: With more than $1.5 billion in Iraq work being offered to private U.S. companies under the plan, just $50 million is so far earmarked for a small number of groups such as CARE and Save the Children."

[Timeout]

I was delighted when I read this, especially the part about leaving out the NGO's and UN agencies. They would hurt our cause, not help it.

I read an article last week about a Kosovo family occupying a home that was now being claimed by a returning refugee. This family was evicted. The job of providing shelter and food for such "homeless" was assigned to the UN. But, five years after the end of the war, the UN has still not provided adequate shelter.

They'll be licking their wounds when they see how fast and efficient our guys are.

[The Wizard]

and you can tell the EU and the french and the UN to shove it

[P.O.E.]

The Little Red Hen