Bush is starting what he calls a "coalition of the helping" to coordinate relief activities the wake of the tsunami. Good for him!
Now a U.K. cabinet minister is complaining, saying the U.N. is the only organization with the "moral authority" to coordinate such efforts. Whatever! They are the only organization WITHOUT the moral authority to run this thing. We're all well aware of what they did with the "Oil for Food" program, so handing them several hundred million more to distribute to various countries sounds like a great chance for graft and kickbacks to me. I think Bush, along with the other partners in Australia and Japan, feels the same way about the U.N. as I feel about this guy I knew in college; don't give 'em any money, they'll just waste it and come back for more.
We're stuck in an uncomfortable point with the U.N. Too much of the world still worships them, so we can't totally blow them off, but we don't have to trust them a bit.
Edit: Turns out she's a former UK cabinet minister.
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OUTRAGE OUTRAGE OUTRAGE!!!
(rabble rabble rabble)
According to reports I've read, this woman is constantly saying stupid things and getting quoted in the media. Early reports indicated that the UN itself was insulting us, which wasn't true.
But regardless, I'm all for this "YOU GUYS DON'T GIVE ENOUGH!" posturing if it gets people and countries to give. All the countries should be challenging other countries to help out the tsunami victims more.
So bravo for fueling the outrage. In this case.
-- smiley
She wasn't outraged that people weren't giving enough, she was mad that the US was actually doing something without the UN telling them what to do.
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