U.N. cocktails

U.N. cocktails
: John Galt of the CPA is pissed about the U.N.

U.N. personnel have been in Baghdad since Friday to assess the security situation….

Months ago, the U.N. Iraqi mission was attacked and twenty two people were killed.

Sergio Vieira De Mello was the U.N. mission chief…. De Mello removed the Coalition guards and disregarded security recommendations for his mission and people in Baghdad. He and twenty-one people died in a preventable car bomb attack. These deaths were due to negligence in ignoring the security recommendations and the arrogance which sprang from that negligence.

As usual, the U.N. cannot make a real security assessment without what we in America referred to as being

5 responses to “U.N. cocktails”

  1. lk Avatar

    The UN opposed our invasion, we went anyway. Today, massive Kurdish suicide bombings. Say what you will about the UN, but I think we have to play nice-nice, as they are our best hope of meeting the June 30 deadline. Chaos otherwise.

  2. capt joe Avatar

    the Un is it’s own worst enemy. Their arrogance caused the deaths of all those UN personnel.

  3. Andy Freeman Avatar
    Andy Freeman

    > Say what you will about the UN, but I think we have to play nice-nice, as they are our best hope of meeting the June 30 deadline. Chaos otherwise.
    Chaos, while not the best result, is an acceptable result.
    Take Lebanon as an example. For the locals, hell, but for outsiders, “not a problem”.
    Iraq as “not a problem” is an improvement, even good enough. If the folks who live in the “cradle of civilization” want better, they can do so.

  4. Sissy Willis Avatar

    John Galt correctly locates the U.N. in the Utopianist ether.

  5. Doctor Slack Avatar
    Doctor Slack

    Iraq as “not a problem” is an improvement, even good enough. If the folks who live in the “cradle of civilization” want better, they can do so.
    So much for all that “humanitarianism” stuff…