My friend, Emilia, who enjoys dual Italian/American citizenship, but who thinks of herself as Italian only, informed me that the day of a single superpower was over. From now on, the UN would dictate world policy on all things. I mentioned the oil for food scandal in Iraq, Kofi Annan's son's sudden wealth, corruption, incompetence, etc.. She waved this off as specious. Didn't exist. The UN was spotless. Nothing dented Emilia's view of a perfect world under UN dominance. When I suggested that it wasn't a great idea to hand over our national security to UN nations who might not have our best interests at heart, she was speechless. How do we get through to idiots?
Reminds me of an ad for a WWII vintage rifle: Italian carbine, perfect condition, never fired, thrown down once.
I think we can confidently rely on the terrorists to get through to them for us. Only pray that the next attack is with conventional weapons.
Hanson made this point in his article, the left especially here in Europe is oblivious to the threat of the next attack with WMDs.
We make our case and swiftly move on, devoting our efforts to ensuring that President Bush is re-elected.
Tell Emilia to shut up and go in the kitchen and cook something.
You may want to ask Emilia what will happen when the countries they dictate to just ignore them. While an idiot would turn over it's security to a bunch of third world thugs, an ever bigger idiot would assume it it was a good idea. The UN has been shown repeatedly to be a bag of wind and it has absolutely no relevance to anything anymore. We ought to send it packing. Let some other country host those morons.
These are third world thugs that run the UN. They want to destroy this country.
I would suggest that if she thinks the leaders of the UN are so wonderful, why doesn't she go and live in one of their countries for a while and then see what the thinks. Maybe, Syria, Lebanon or perhaps Liberia, or maybe she would like to try Rwanda or Sudan for starters.
All she really needs to do is educate herself about these countries and their goals for the world.
how to get through to idiots: I have found that you get farther with a kind word and a two-by-four...
Europeans like your friend are not idiots, they are just weak and, like their grandparents in the 1930s have decided that nonresistance is the safest course of action lest they provoke the enemy.
We need to be strong, and will probably lose Europe in the next 20-30 years.
ALl the more reason to occupy and reform Arabia and Pakistan, while we still can.