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Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx
Darfur: they were there, they allowed it to build to the level it has.
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They allowed it? You just went on a diatribe about how the UN is ineffectual, yet you somehow seem to think that they could've prevented the "build up." What could they have done? Furthermore, what, if any, kind of military action could they take without the S.C. (i.e. the U.S.) signing on to it....?
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Gaza: They've been anything but impartial, aligning themselves with extremists who hurt the communities they claim to protect.
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Such as?
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Bosnia: they acted like gangsters, and added to the mess.
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They acted like "gangsters"? Look, you can be as pretentious and superior as you like, it's sort of cute, but don't just make pointless rants. How did they act like gangsters? Did they walk around in their baby blue outfits, role up in their baby blue vehicles, and hustle money out of peasants? What the hell are you talking about?
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Iraq: the money trail doesn't add up, and we know the food didn't go where it needed to, yet they continued the program.
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Actually, we know that the program, despite being abused, did in fact help a lot of people. That's according to the UN, as well as the CBO.
The money trail not adding up is correct. A far larger sum of oil money was exchanged
outside of the OFF program, yet nobody on the Right talks about it, because a) it doesn't serve their agenda against Annan, and b) it involves allies of the U.S. such as Turkey and Jordan.
The U.S. sat on the committee that approved/denied the OFF contracts. You're right, the UN has been ineffectual on many levels, but the matters of diplomacy are going to be hard for a body that has no real enforcement capabilities, and is also comprised of various nations with various agendas (i.e. Syria sitting on the human rights committee).
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How is that record worth defending?
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I dunno, you make such a scathing indictment.
The UN, as well as its many sister and partner programs, have done a LOT of good works around the world. Do they have problems in need of reform? Certainly, but that wasn't entirely the point of this thread. I don't believe chasing out Kofi Annan is one of those needed reforms.