The UN is a nonsense. Dump it.
Regards, Ivan
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1 posted on
02/03/2003 4:25:14 PM PST by
MadIvan
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Bump!
2 posted on
02/03/2003 4:25:28 PM PST by
MadIvan
To: MadIvan
Excellent post, my friend. It sums up the reality of things quite concisely. Thanks for posting it.
3 posted on
02/03/2003 4:40:28 PM PST by
11B3
(Jihad? You'll get your jihad, camelhumper, and wish you hadn't asked for it.)
To: MadIvan
There's no way that Bush can dump the UN now. It would cost him too much. But if more people started writing articles like this one, public opinion could turn.
The idea of Libya in charge of human rights at the UN and Iraq in charge of weapons inspections should be a pretty good place to start.
4 posted on
02/03/2003 4:45:51 PM PST by
Cicero
To: MadIvan
"...so long as the UN contributed a 0.1 per cent chance to helping maintain world peace, it was a worthwhile investment. That argument has worn thin." The UN is nothing but an obstacle to freedom and a haven of legitimacy for tyrants and terrorists.
The UN must be disarmed...all its influence on world events must be eliminated.
5 posted on
02/03/2003 4:50:41 PM PST by
Right_in_Virginia
(May God bless President Bush and our troops)
To: MadIvan
Ivan...day in, day out, I listen to anti-American sentiment, and people telling me 'it's all about the oil', or the US 'propped up Saddam in the past'...etc. etc. et al, ad nauseum.
And I've also listened to people talk about the 'innocents who will die' as a result of a war.
But NOT one. Not a single one has been able to reassure me that if Saddam had the capability (which he has tried so very much to obtain over the last 12 years) to kill, and maim everyone in the Western world he wouldn't do it.
I keep telling people 'YES, of COURSE there are going to be innocent, civilian casualties in this war'. But those casualties will be FAR lessened by a humane, democratic coalition going into Iraq, than the casualties at the hands of a MADMAN (or one of his sons) in the not too distant future.
6 posted on
02/03/2003 4:56:13 PM PST by
Happygal
To: MadIvan
The BBC is by now pretty much an agitprop organisation for the old Left.Ditto AP. Two biggest purveyors of leftist propaganda in the world.
7 posted on
02/03/2003 4:59:44 PM PST by
Ragtime Cowgirl
(The Press"By what law has it been elected and to whom is it responsible?"- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
To: MadIvan
Because people know better than to take a joke seriously, the UN is worse than a joke.
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11 posted on
02/03/2003 6:30:10 PM PST by
Barnacle
(Navigating the treacherous waters of a liberal culture)
To: MadIvan
How I envy your British conservative press. Just imagining what it would be like if half the US media were conservative gives me chill bumps.
12 posted on
02/03/2003 7:25:15 PM PST by
gcruse
(When choosing between two evils, pick the one you haven't tried yet.)
To: MadIvan
bump
13 posted on
02/03/2003 10:05:02 PM PST by
timestax
To: MadIvan
Excellent find! Thanks, MI.
16 posted on
02/04/2003 8:53:52 AM PST by
Stultis
To: MadIvan
...a collection of quasi-Marxist and Islamist dictatorships with a few whey-faced Europeans strutting about. My favorite line from the column. Best depiction of the contemporary United Nations I have ever seen.
To: MadIvan
Great post.
During the period of 1946 through 1970 the UN did have some legitmacy and in some cases it was an effective forum for addressing international security problems. This phase of the UN's history was chracterized by a structure that gave almost complete autonomy in its operations to the great powers on the security council.
At this satge, the UN has attained self-parodic status and only the most egregious state actions like Iraq's invasion of Kuwait are sufficient to provoke action on the security council.
20 posted on
02/05/2003 2:55:29 PM PST by
ggekko
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