Glenn Reynolds has an extremely apt description of U.N. corruption:
A bunch of politicians, with money and power but no accountability -- the big surprise would be if there weren't scandals hiding under every desk. Which is why U.N.-worship is so hard to understand.
Indeed.
Though, U.N.-worship is hard to understand for many other reasons.
Update: This is a great quote, via American Realpolitik (great site)
"I offer my own U.N. resolution. I want the United Nations to condemn Palestinian terrorism, specifically suicide bombers and, most specifically, the use of confused and sad kids for that purpose. It's pretty simple: If you cannot condemn the murder of innocents, especially by children, then you have no business condemning anything else. In the undiplomatic language of my old neighborhood, put up or shut up."
When I first wrote this post I started listing my "many other reasons" why U.N.-worship is inexplicable. I wasn't up to the task of enumerating all the reasons, so I left it without giving reasons... people can think of plenty on their own. But one of the things I cited before I backed off was the U.N.'s almost universal condemnation of Israel and silence in condemning Palestinian terrorism. Ooh, and here's an appropriate political cartoon.
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
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Hmm... sounds like Congress!