[Chi-townChief]

"I don't pretend to have a solution. But as national security adviser Condoleezza Rice says, we don't want the smoking gun from Iraq to be a mushroom cloud."

This is great to see - Athough Myra Eder always tends to the left of the spectrum, she does not seem to possess the liberal mentality. I always like to see when someone on the other side is enlightened. "Liberal thinking" is always an oxymoron but Ms. Eder may just be a thinking liberal.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[BeAllYouCanBe]

"I for one am very troubled by a series of U.N. actions that make a mockery of the free world. "

Too much Star Trek programming the young minds that the Federation is good and just and enlightened.

If Star Trek was accurate I would be like this:

Star date 2533.44 -- The Space Alderman won't get you a Space Trash Can unless you contribute to the Space-Democratic Commission lead by Richard J. K. M. V. W. Daley IIIIII. Truth like this would have created a generation of intergalactic Republicans!

[CharlesThe Hammer]

Iraq chairing the U.N. Disarmament Committee is the perfect twin to Libya running the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. Here are a few other"leadership" possibilities:
Korea- Special Commission on Economic Development
Sudan- Committee for the Abolition of Slavery
Nigeria- World Council to Advance Women's Right Iran- U.N. Project for Religious Tolerance
China- Protectorate for Improving Worker Health and Safety

[BeAllYouCanBe]

"That's the United Nations in action. "

This is an observation -- Scott Ritter was just charged with sexual crimes against a minor. This is not that unusual it seems that wherever the UN is sexual deviancy is not far behind???

[Dacus943]

"Iraq to head disarmament panel?"

I know that some of you are flipping out over this UN decision to let Iraq head this panel... PLEASE be patient!!! >P>

Within the next month "or so ;>" the Iraqi's will have their work cut out for them!!!!!

I posted this reply in an earlier post,

[Tailgunner Joe]

[Ichabod Walrus]

Gee, you know, I like the sentiment. "Get US out of UN."

No, really, I do. So let's get that out of the way first.

But you know there are very few organizations which let you look like you're at least trying to operate multilaterally while acting unilaterally. An example is unilaterally building up your forces on the enemy's border while multilaterally urging the enemy to comply with demands to disarm - for no other reason than to make invasion easier to achieve.

There are also very few organizations which allow you to use them as a Trojan Horse to conduct covert espionage operations against the enemy all under the guise of "humanitarian aid" or "arms inspections".

Furthermore, there are very few organizations which can be so easily exploited to feed and even arm your allies, like the Kosovo Liberation Army, or the Bosnian Muslims - again, under the hilarious guise of "humanitarian aid".

So while I appreciate the sentiment, the UN is too useful to the US to give up. I know that the truth can hurt sometimes, but how's that old saying about taking a horse to water go again?

[yoe]

"One has to wonder how the U.N. can be considered a responsible world governing body with such insane choices for leadership.

Recognize the United Nations for what it is, a luxurious spa for wealthy, pompous dictators and other so-called diplomats and rulers, this rogue organization is a safe harbor for the NWO and other Stalinists. Wouldn’t the UN building have been a far better target......oops sorry, too many relatives/terrorists working there.

[LiteKeeper]

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[yonif]

Iran is next in line to be chair.

This is the UN that the left wishes we should use more. This is the UN they say we should leave the responsibility of our security to.

[knighthawk]

After reading the news this morning on the Internet, I've determined that either I'm lost in the Twilight Zone or living on another planet.
The headline on CNN.com reads — and I am not making this up — "Iraq to chair U.N. disarmament conference."
It gets better.
The co-chair for this May conference in Geneva is Iran.
Yup. That's the United Nations in action.

No more UN for US-list
If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

[facedown]

Another one I loved: "Free people will set the course of history."

If we seize the moment.

And then there was, "The course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others."

Reaganesque.

[kimosabe31]

Clearly, the UN is an organization of international terrorists and should be slated for destruction along with al quaeda.