Nice tune. I like Pat Benetar's "Invincible".
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Why the US Shouldn't Wait for UN Approval
3-3-03 | Bob J
Posted on 03/03/2003 1:54 PM EST by Bob J
We shouldn't even be in Iraq. Right now, Iraq could be a fully functioning democracy with constitutional liberties and human rights guaranteed to it's citizens. Right now, Iraq could be a leader in identifying and eliminating terrorism in the militant Muslim world. But it's not, because of the UN.
When the US military was knocking at Baghdads door and could have easily eliminated Hussein and ended his bloody regime, it do move forward because that authority had not been granted by the UN. To do so would have been a violation of UN protocol. Oh my.
If the US had done what it knew was right instead of falling over itself to avoid insulting the world's most expensive and least effective deliberative body, not only would the current engagement be unnecessary, but it is possible with the resources gained through an Iraqi alliance that the rise in power of militant Islamism might have been curtailed and the kind of horror experienced on 911 might have been avoided.
The era of negotiating and compromising with worldwide despots, murderers and terrorists who are committed to the destruction of western civilization, is over. No matter what the burden in their removal or elimination, one by one if necessary, one thing is certain. If we wait or do nothing, the cost of that inaction will be much greater in the future. Do we desire to leave to our children a world that is held hostage by threats of biological, chemical and nuclear annihilation from the insane ?
The UN is a political body that gives aid and comfort to the most decicated enemies of freedom and democracy. It is made up of three kinds of people. A very small number of friends, a larger number of enemies who daily plan our destruction and the murder of our citizens, and an even larger number who are so jeaolous of our prosperity they wish more people had died in the twin towers.
Like communism, the UN is a idea which begins with high ideals and lofty promises, but never delivers. Through it's incessant hand wringing and low brow back room political intrigue, the UN has stood by while millions have been slaughtered in Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo. Through it's dithering and inaction, it is partly to blame for these atrocities as it is for the rise of militant Islamism and despots like Saddam Hussein.
It is foolish for the US to believe it must wait for the UN to wave it's tainted sceptor prior to protecting and safeguarding it's citizens. The US should ignore the UN, invade Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein, and then immediately start planning the next operation. Freedom loving people will never be safe as long as the Saddam Husseins and Osama bin Ladens of the world have access to weapons of mass destruction.
1 posted on 03/03/2003 1:54 PM EST by Bob J