Posted on 05/28/2006 12:06:42 PM PDT by billorites
THE BEST THING HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON could do for humanity is not run for president. Nothing against her personally, mind you; it's just that her aspirations could get in the way of her husband's worthier ones.
In our continuing quest to find an appropriate job for our favorite ex-president — a year and a half ago we suggested he become chairman of the Democratic Party — we now offer an even better suggestion. This time, it's a post he has coveted. Not long after leaving office in 2001, Clinton reportedly told an aide that his dream job would be secretary-general of the United Nations. That's our dream too.
The United Nations is a chronic underachiever. Envisioned as the most important organization in the world, the U.N. is often reduced to nothing more than an ineffective debating society. Its New York bureaucracy is calcified, with personnel decisions often based more on patronage than merit. The interests of its 191 member-nations are so polarized that consensus on anything of importance is nearly impossible. It is an institution that produces mountains of reports on bettering the world and follows through on only a few of them. The U.N. famously deliberates in the midst of genocides, produces commitments on foreign aid that its members subsequently ignore and allows countries like Cuba to pass judgment on others' respect for human rights.
And yet, for all that, the world would be a much grimmer place if the U.N. didn't exist. Its peacekeepers are a thin blue-helmeted line between tyrants and innocent civilians around the world, and they represent the only force that can stop the bloodshed in hot spots such as Darfur. Its food, disease-prevention and other aid programs are making a significant difference in blighted areas, and its toothless mechanisms for preventing weapons proliferation...
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Where's the BARF'N'HURL alert?
I'll take a Bill Clinton Secretary General over a Hillary Presidency any day!!!!!!
Might be the strangest fishwrap editorial ever.
Does this article discuss how they would get around the fact that the UN Charter prohibits permanent members of the Security Council from holding the position of Secretary General?
I stopped reading here..
GOOD GRIEF! Where's the projectile vomit alert?
As much as I despise The Toon, you are absolutely correct.
I actually can't figure out if that is a good or a bad idea. Or, let me rephrase, I can't figure out if that's better or worse then the status quo.
I mean, I can't stand Clinton anymore then anybody else here, but I can't see how he could possibly be worse then Kofi Annan.
Lefties never let the rules interfere with their wet dreams....
Uh, those are the perfect qualifications for employment at the scumbag UN....
And the LA Times wonders why it's hemorraghing readers.
BeelzeBubba would be more usefully employed in the interviewing of potential(female)interns/pages!
Thats why he'll fit int well with the UN. Their kind of scum!
"...Clinton reportedly told an aide that his dream job would be secretary-general..."
Does he realize this doesn't involve secretaries?
Really? When it comes to corruption, the UN makes the perps at Enron and Fannie Mae look like pikers...
To the anonymous author, a Nina Burleigh Golden Kneepads award.
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