October 29, 2004
TAR AND SETTLE:
Blame game at the U.N. (Japan Times, 10/29/04)
Revelations about the U.N. Oil for Food Program get uglier and uglier. Designed to allow Iraq to collect revenues to pay for humanitarian supplies such as food and medicine, it appears to have been manipulated by Baghdad to reward friends of the regime and enrich the country's leadership. The damage has been magnified by allegations of corruption and negligence on the part of the United Nations. There needs to be a complete investigation of what went wrong with the Oil for Food Program, but caution must be taken to ensure that this does not become a witch hunt that needlessly tars the U.N. and settles scores in Iraq.
Why not? Posted by Orrin Judd at October 29, 2004 7:23 AM
Scores need to be settled, withches need to be hunted down, and the UN is in desperate need of a good coating of tar and feathers. Bring. It. On.
Posted by: Mike Morley at October 29, 2004 9:45 AMAnd a good group of Inquisitors could be found right here among the BrothersJudd contributors -- I'll bet even Harry and Jeff might consent to participate in this witch-hunt.
Posted by: jd watson at October 29, 2004 11:23 AMIf it's at the UN... and it weighs more than a duck... it's a witch!
Posted by: mike earl at October 29, 2004 11:48 AMBecause (as every Trekkie knows) the UN is what's going to become (pause with trembling lips) THE FEDERATION!
Doo, dee, doo doo doo doo dooooooooooooo...
Posted by: Ken at October 29, 2004 12:20 PMCount me in
Posted by: Harry Eagar at October 29, 2004 4:58 PMKen,
That has always been my view. When the question was asked about which side won the Cold War in the Star Trek universe,my answer was 'the Soviets' of course.
I'd like some Trekkie to be able to explain to me what the difference would have been between the Federation Nanny-State and the Dominion.
Posted by: Bart at October 29, 2004 7:59 PMBart;
The racial identity of the ruling class. The real question is why that's considered so significant. It's hard to deny, though, that many humans prefer bad government by their own to good government by "others" (just ask the Israeli Arabs who like Arafat).
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at October 29, 2004 9:19 PM