Saddam is defeated. Iraq is, for all practical purposes, liberated. Having accepted that fact the international press corps has moved on to addressing the realities of post-Saddam Iraq.
Judging from questions at news conferences, the new media fixation will be on the role of the United Nations in rebuilding Iraq. For some reason much of the international press seems to think that there is no possible way that Iraq can be stabilized, rebuilt and launched into a new era of freedom and self-determination without the help of the United Nations.
Question: Tell me just one country out there who has the United Nations to thank for its transition from despotism to freedom. Just one.
Once again the United Nations has proven that it is and remains an essentially anti-American institution. The Kyoto Treaty, the International Criminal Court, and so many other U.N. institutions or creations
The U.N. failed miserably at containing Saddam Hussein over a period of 12 years. A 15-day deadline for disarmament turned into a 4,400 day series of endless and meaningless threats, resolutions, arms inspections and rhetoric. The U.N. has never lived up to its role as a keeper of the peace. Instead it has become a protector of dictators and an enemy to the cause of freedom.
Even as we speak U.N. officials are developing and promoting plans for a worldwide income tax .. more money to fund the inefficiencies and adventures of this wannabe one-world government.
France?s HAWIC, Jacques Chirac, says that the U.N., and only the U.N. can confirm that weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq. It is only through its permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council that France manages to hang on to any international prestige at all.
Why in the world would the United States want to turn over the administration of Iraq, which would mean the administration of all contracts for the rebuilding of Iraq, to this organization? Sure, France, Germany and Russia would be thrilled! This is probably the only way they can recover some of their lucrative Saddam-era contracts.
Did American soldiers die on the battlefield in order to preserve the financial ties that France, Germany and Russia had with the Saddam Hussein regime? That is the end that will be brought about by U.N. control of the post-war processes.
Give the U.N. a role. Let them hand out warm meals and some water. Beyond that, let them realize the true benefits of over a decade of inaction.
Judging from questions at news conferences, the new media fixation will be on the role of the United Nations in rebuilding Iraq. For some reason much of the international press seems to think that there is no possible way that Iraq can be stabilized, rebuilt and launched into a new era of freedom and self-determination without the help of the United Nations.
Question: Tell me just one country out there who has the United Nations to thank for its transition from despotism to freedom. Just one.
Once again the United Nations has proven that it is and remains an essentially anti-American institution. The Kyoto Treaty, the International Criminal Court, and so many other U.N. institutions or creations
The U.N. failed miserably at containing Saddam Hussein over a period of 12 years. A 15-day deadline for disarmament turned into a 4,400 day series of endless and meaningless threats, resolutions, arms inspections and rhetoric. The U.N. has never lived up to its role as a keeper of the peace. Instead it has become a protector of dictators and an enemy to the cause of freedom.
Even as we speak U.N. officials are developing and promoting plans for a worldwide income tax .. more money to fund the inefficiencies and adventures of this wannabe one-world government.
France?s HAWIC, Jacques Chirac, says that the U.N., and only the U.N. can confirm that weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq. It is only through its permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council that France manages to hang on to any international prestige at all.
Why in the world would the United States want to turn over the administration of Iraq, which would mean the administration of all contracts for the rebuilding of Iraq, to this organization? Sure, France, Germany and Russia would be thrilled! This is probably the only way they can recover some of their lucrative Saddam-era contracts.
Did American soldiers die on the battlefield in order to preserve the financial ties that France, Germany and Russia had with the Saddam Hussein regime? That is the end that will be brought about by U.N. control of the post-war processes.
Give the U.N. a role. Let them hand out warm meals and some water. Beyond that, let them realize the true benefits of over a decade of inaction.
