October 4, 2005

WE WON'T HELP, BUT WILL QUIBBLE (via Kevin Whited):

UN condemns Iraq charter change (BBC, 10/04/05)

"We have expressed our position to the national assembly and to the leadership of the government," said Jose Aranaz, a legal adviser to the UN electoral team in Iraq, in an interview with Reuters news agency.

Mr Aranaz said parliament's decision was unacceptable and would not meet international standards.


This would be the same UN that tucked tail and ran after the Sunni bombed them once?

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 4, 2005 5:27 PM
Comments

Don't you just hate it when your constitution fails to meet international standards?

Posted by: Peter B at October 4, 2005 5:31 PM

Since when has the UN had to authority to accept or reject the structure of the government of a country?

Posted by: ray at October 4, 2005 7:41 PM

In other news, the East Podunk Ladies Auxiliary has decided that the UN General Assembly is not up to the standards of human rights and that the Charter must be changed immediately.

Posted by: ray at October 4, 2005 7:43 PM

Perhaps the UN should start with those members of the General Assembly that don't even HAVE constitutions, and then deal with those that don't FOLLOW their constitutions, before taking up with Iraq, a nation already VERY BADLY SERVED by the UN over the past fifteen years.

Posted by: Michael Herdegen [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 4, 2005 10:42 PM

I'm sure the Iraqi foreign minister can come up with a good retort - after all, he insulted the Saudis pretty well the other day.

And it's not like the UN can deflect. Any caricature at this point will fit.

Posted by: jim hamlen at October 4, 2005 11:43 PM
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