Rearranging The Furniture On The Deck Of The Titanic

Arrogance and over confidence, basic design flaws and miss-management. All of these were contributing factors in the loss of over 1500 persons on the passenger liner RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912. The owners and the passengers were described as having been lured into a “false sense of security.”

I’m afraid that a large portion of the world’s population is in the very same position when it comes to placing their faith in the United Nations to referee international relations. Whether it’s the failure of the UN Human Rights Commission evidenced by inaction to civil war and genocide in Africa, the unending issuance of non-binding, toothless resolutions to Saddam's Iraq by the corrupt UN Security Council, the inept handling of North Korea’s and Iran’s nuclear aspirations by the IAEC, or the unfolding wide-spread corruption of the Oil for Food program in Iraq--all of the evidence points to the UN being a broken organization that at least needs a major dose of fixing. I say it needs replacement in its entirely.

Not to worry however, Masseur Kofi Annan, psychic statesman that he is, has anticipated the problems and is about to propose a solution. The ship is still going down though, the captain is still on board (he won’t leave before 2006 unless forced out) and I’m afraid that his efforts amount to rearranging the furniture on the sinking ship’s deck.

“The United nations unveiled a sweeping proposal to overhaul the organisation, including the Security Council, in what would be the most comprehensive UN reform since its founding in 1945.

After bitter divisions over the war in Iraq, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan ordered a high-level panel last year to come up with the blueprint and help the United Nations adapt to the global realities of the 21st century.

The panel's report released Tuesday proposed more than 100 recommendations, including some -- an expansion of the Security Council and a definition of terrorism -- that have eluded UN diplomats for years.

"What is needed is a comprehensive system of collective security, one that tackles both old and new threats, and addresses the security concerns of all states -- rich and poor, weak and strong," Annan said in his preface to the report.”

Since the United States contributes approximately 22% of the budget of an organization composed of 191 nation/states, I say that it is time for us to put our mouth where our money is and demand our own major changes in the UN operations and membership and the immediate dismissal of Kofi.

The UN is today and always has been an anti-Israel and anti-American organization composed primarily of nations ruled by corrupt despots and dictators. The idiots, OK, OK—diplomats, at the UN have been fighting for over five years and have yet to even come up with a mutualially agreeable definition of what terrorism is. The so-called Human Rights Commission is a laughing stock as long as it includes member nations like Cuba and Syria.

Here are a few more tidbits from the report:

"There is little evident international acceptance of the idea of security being best preserved by a balance of power or by any single -- even benignly motivated -- superpower," the panel said."

By using the word “superpower,” our ears shouldn’t be burning here in the US? And I say that we not give a damn whether there is “international acceptance” of our massively superior military capability—it is what it is.

"The yearning for an international system governed by the rule of law has grown," it said. "No state, no matter how powerful, can by its own efforts alone make itself invulnerable to today's threats."

Gee whiz, the idea of “governing by rule of law” seems a bit familiar. We have a Constitution here in the US that is over 230 years old that is based on that premise. What we are not going to accept is the rule of “international laws” designed by dictators and corrupt socialists to separate our citizens from the protections of our constitution while we at the same time pay a quarter of the costs and provide free real estate in New York City.

"Annan intends to use the report as a basis for widespread reforms he would like to see carried out before his tenure ends in 2006, and he commissioned it while acknowledging that divisions over Iraq had brought the international system to a "fork in the road."”

Forget “fork in the road” Mr. Annon, I say “stick a fork in it, it’s done…”

Update: December 1, 2004

I've done two posts on the UN Oil For Food Scandal, beginning with my November 12th writing "It's My Party And I'll (Lie) If I Want To." I wish I could do more that rant and rave, but I can point out the story to everyone since the mainstream media is doing their best to avoid it.

Here is more information from someone that should know. Norm Coleman, chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has a great article today in the Wall Street Journal calling for the resignation of Kofi Annon.

A good read...