Wednesday, October 13, 2004

I really hate the UN

I don't mind admitting it. I know many people that in spite of all they know and see, are still too wise and mature to stay away from hate like this.

Not me. If the UN building was located in
Busher, Iran, the reasons for bombing that place back into the stone age would double.

I think whatever is wrong in the world, the UN makes it worse.
Whatever goes right in the world, the UN hinders or screws up.

The UN is a place where people and countries that should (at best) be ostracized and ignored by the civilized world get treated as if they are decent and normal. The UN perpetuates misery, war, oppression. In fact, it has to, because the UN has become a goal unto itself.

One of the very few people with a knowledgeable, consistent view on (at least a part of) the UN is ms Anne Bayefsky. She graces this blog often. Read her
most recent article in the JeruzalemPost on the UN General Assembly. After reading, I don't see how you can disagree with my view on this corrupt organization, led by an immoral fraud like Kofi Annan.
...THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S turn arrived the following week. Kofi Annan opened the General Assembly on September 21 by naming only one country on earth as guilty of violating international law through the "excessive use of force."

You guessed it – Israel. A previous version of the speech, which was distributed to journalists, condemned "Israeli operations presented as 'self-defense'" – Annan's quotations, not mine.
In a well-known UN tactic, the secretary-general didn't actually use the word "Sudan," referring instead to the ethereal "Darfur region" – about which he would now "investigate reports of human rights violations...and determine whether acts of genocide have been committed."

In fact, nowhere in Annan's speech could he muster the word "democracy," a concern one might have considered central to our time.

The secretary-general, however, is not alone. September 30 was the last day of two weeks of speeches from prime ministers and foreign ministers clarifying expectations for the session to come. Here's a sampling:

Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Farouk Al-Shara: "Syria condemn[s] terrorism in all its forms and manifestations... Arab... and... Islamic... conventions... distinguish between terrorism and the legitimate right of people lingering under foreign occupation to resist occupation..."

Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares: "There are Syrian forces in Lebanon. These forces are on our territory upon the request of the Lebanese government..."

Foreign Minister of Iran Kamal Kharrazi: "[P]revent[ing] the proliferation of nuclear weapons...must be done...in a comprehensive and non-discriminatory manner.... We insist on our right to technology for peaceful purposes... Israel.. [is] the single greatest threat to regional and global peace and security."

Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (chairman of the 100+ Members of the Non-Aligned Movement): "[C]hange must be effected without sacrificing certain immutable principles such as...non-interference in the domestic affairs of states..."
She ridicules the French, and the IAEA for insisting on dealing with irrational, unreasonable regimes in a rational, responsible fashion. As if bombing a madman BEFORE he gets his hands on a nuke is irrational!
Ms Bayefsky closes with this:
In the first presidential debate on September 29, Senator John Kerry declared the UN a centerpiece of his would-be American foreign policy. According to Kerry, "You don't help yourself with other nations...when you refuse to deal at length with the United Nations."

Any use by a president of the option of a "preemptive strike" must be done "in a way...that passes the global test where... you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons."

While Rome burns.
Indeed.

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