Another Triumph for the U.N. (Darfur, Sudan)

NY Times ^ | September 25, 2004 | DAVID BROOKS

[neverdem]

But then, I realized that all was still right with the world, for it wasn't the vaunted NYT Editorial Board involved with this scintillating, insightful commentary -- rather, it was an invited op-ed columnist that Doesn't Necessarily Reflect The Views of The Paper.

Uh, Brooks is one of their two regulars tokens on the right. He's quite moderate on social issues like gun control and homosexual marriage, IIRC. His writing is best when he exposes hypocrisy.

[Zellenn]

How dare Mr. Brooks mention the loss of six to ten thousand lives a month when he knows members of the United Nations, including its esteemed leader, are very busy expressing deep concerns about George-go-it-alone's treatment of those poor deprived souls in Abu Ghraib prison! The burden those poor UN members had to bear, seeing those awful photos on CBS of those poor mistreated prioners.

Obviously it takes time to recover from the traumatizing effect of such an experience, so we really need to be patient and understanding, and not press them too hard to pass a resolution condemning the "freedom fighters" in Dafur.

And poor Mr. Annan, he just hasn't quite had time to explain to them the rule of law, otherwise their masscres would be ever so much more nuanced!

[MJY1288]

What a friggin joke.... If Colin Powell and George W. Bush didn't make sure this issue got front page attention, The U.N. would have ignored it. The U.N. is a filter, not a conductor. When trouble is on the horizon, the U.N. is incapable of spotting it. They wait until it's a crisis and after the USA steps up and alerts them to the situation, despite the fact that they are supposed to be a worldwide force for good

[madison46]

Amazing read from the NYT. Liberals should read it.

UN is worthless, worthless, worthless