<OT> Re: we shall remember them

[Joel Hammer]

I think the UN pretty much abandoned the moral high ground when it ordered
Belgium peacekeepers out of Rwanda just prior to the genocide there.
It was a careerist at the UN who ordered it. At the time he was in
charge of peacekeeping operations. After the 800,000 were murdered, he
got promoted to the top job, Mr. Koffi Anan (sorry if his name is spelled
wrong.)  Mr. Anan explained his abandonment of hundreds of thousands to
a grusome fate by saying that the UN had no authority to act, since there
was no UN resolution to take more positive steps to stop the genocide.

A more replusive statement I have never heard in my life.

That's the UN. God help anybody who depends on the UN for salvation.

Joel


On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 12:13:54PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> 
> n 10/19/02 22:03, Richard R. Sivernell wrote:
> 
> > Lonnie
> >
> >    Look at it this way:
> > 1. Who pays the UN Bills  -- we do
> 
> 
> All member nations pay UN bills.
> 
> >
> > 2 Who supports the UN -- we do
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by that.  Define 'support'.
> 
> >
> > 3. Which country host the UN  -- we do
> 
> That's not entirely true.  The UN headquarters are wthin the US borders, 
> however the land that the UN headquarters resides is considered to be 
> neutral territory, not owned by any nation.  Additinoally, the UN has 
> facilities all over the world, in addition to their headquarters.
> [Snipped the rest of the jingoistic banter]
> 
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