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Fisking the UN, or "Why I Like John Bolton"

John Bolton. To hear some talk about him you'd think President Bush appointed Satans representative here on earth to be the UN Ambassador. Apparently the charges go something like this:

He's a bully.
He's got a funny mustache.
He doesnt like the UN.
He doesnt talk diplomatically.

What a load of crap. Has the world become so "pussyfied" that now all you have to do is accuse someone of standing in the doorway with their hands on their hips and that is somehow akin to whipping your landscapers while they mow your lawn? A bully? Is that it? And this has got the whole world in a frenzy saying that he "might not be the man to stand for the US at the august body of the UN".

Ok, so Bolton “once tried to get someone fired”! Oh horror. I’ve only been in the business world for 20 years and I think I’ve probably tried to get at least one person fired every year Ive been working. Why? Because some people are such jackasses that they are a danger to themselves and others in the company. Their poor performance can lead to the loss of jobs for many others unless they are counseled, redirected, warned and yes, if they cant finally catch a clue with both hands, fired. One jackass can cause 20 other people to lose their jobs because of their actions. Do I like doing it? Well, sometimes yes, but generally, no I dont. What people don’t consider is that is what the job of a manager or an executive is all about. You are not running a day care center. This is the adult world, you are responsible for the running of an organization to achieve the goals of the company or make money, not to make a place for people to retire from in comfort and safety. The world has sharp edges on it. In a nutshell, I would be much more suspicious of Bolton if he had NEVER tried to get someone fired. To me, that would be an indication of his being derelict in performing his duties.

I was once told by one of my mentors,

“ You can either be effective or you can be loved. Pick one, because you can’t have both”.

His point was that it is impossible to make change without pissing someone off. You could either spend your time trying to make everyone happy, or you could simply get the job done that you were assigned to do.

Let's face facts. The UN is an absolute cesspool of corruption, Morally, fiscally and ethically. Besides Kofi Annan, just who can disagree with that? Even the biggest supporters of the UN in the world know that there are serious problems with the organization that is it were a company or within any company, it would have prison terms for most of its members. It should be clear to everyone that change has to occur at the UN.

Roger L. Simon has done an excellent job of pointing out the scandal in “oil for food” but the number one biggest scandal for the UN isnt "oil for food" or the peacekeeper rape scandal, its the failure to hold true to its very charter, its very purpose for existing. The UN was organized for and the UN exists primarily as an organization created to stop the process of racial and ethnic genocide. Why? Because in 1945 after seeing 50 million of the earths inhabitants killed in war that was primarily racially motivated which also lead to the utter distruction of an entire culture and people in Europe, the world collectively agreed that it had to do better if it were to survive, So it formed the United Nations, it then created the state of Israel. Then it sat on its big fat ass for 60 years.

The charter of the UN says:

Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (1) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world; Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity; and Being convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge, international cooperation is required:

Hereby agree as hereinafter provided.

ARTICLE I
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law, which they undertake to prevent and to punish.

So, its clear that it’s the UN is supposed to stop genocide, at least all of those that have started since 1946. So what’s the UN’s record on stopping Genocide since 1946?

Cambodia. 'Killing fields' Estimated 8 million dead. The UN did nothing to stop it.

Hutus/Tutsi UN Peacekeepers stand by while 800,000 are killed

Darfur: Millions killed, but the UN says its “not genocide”.

Well if its not genocide what is it? Aggressive panhandling?

So after all this, you have to ask yourself “What kind of person do you want to send to the UN”? Someone who wants it to live up to its charter, or someone to just "get along with others and be diplomatic".

So to answer this question, let's look at some very special people who the rest of the world sent to the UN to be their “Ambassadors”.

Let's see how they stand up to the "Bolton Treatment".

Cuba
Ambassador FELIPE PEREZ ROQUE

Apparently hes a critic of the UN Too! but hes a good marxist-Leninist, so I guess its ok.

"The Commission on Human Rights - despite the efforts by those who honestly believe in its importance and wage a battle to return it to the spirit of respect and cooperation of its founders - has lost legitimacy. It is not credible."

Well, when a Cuban thug criticizes you of not being a legitimate forice for human rights , you just know you're screwed, dont you.

And the "Number 2" man at the Cuban UN Embassy was apparently recalled from his previous post as ambassador to Mexico after he broke into their embassy, how gauche...

Ambassador Jorge Bolaños Suarez

A Cuban break-in at Mexico embassy? Say it aint so joe!

Palestine
Ambassador to the UN - Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa

And who's he? Oh he's the late Yasser Arafats nephew. Oh, and since hes a doctor, he should know if the israelis poisened Chairman Arafat but since he obsconded with the medical records, who can tell?

Zimbabwe

Ambassador B.G.CHIDYAUSIKU

He's on record as calling the US "Imperialist". Well thats not very "diplomatic" now is it?

"The US administration has unprecedently escalated the hostile embargo policy against the Cuban people as part of its imperial arrogance, which blatantly violates the principles of international law, multilaterism and the will of the international community."

Yeah. Lets be nice to him. Oh by the way, He's one of the architects of the internationally legal and multilateral boycott on genetically modified food( Read: "Food for the United States") which is keeping food from reaching people in Zimbabwe and thus keeping them compliant and under the control of their murdering dictatorship of a government, lead by the thug Robert Mugabe.

RUSSIA
Ambassador ANDREY I. DENISOV

Get a load of this goon. And people bitch about Boltons mustache? Jeez this guy could scare the paint off the walls! KGB? He damn well better be with a face like that.

France.

Ambassador Jean-Marc de LA SABLIERE

Oh, you just know this is going to be good, dont you! Why are the Germans so "warlike"? Hell,if you lived next door to the French, you'd go 'crazy eight bonkers 'every 20 years or so too.

Now check this out. Apparently the French UN ambassador is anti-catholic secularist bigot! I think that outdoes anything that John Bolton has been accused of by a good country mile.

The French government attacked the Holy See delegation at a Wednesday meeting of the United "Nations committee that considers official UN status for nongovernmental organizations. After the Holy See delegation made an argument for the UN to protect unborn children, France accused the Holy See of injecting “moral” and “religious criteria” into the debate.

The UN NGO committee was considering the application of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), a US-based trade association of abortion providers. The Holy See said NAF “does not respect life. It destroys life in its budding stages, when it most needs our protection.” The Holy See fears that if NAF gains official UN status, it will join a host of other pro-abortion NGOs, including “Catholics” for a Free Choice, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, in the fight to have the UN recognize an international “right to abortion.”

The Holy See delegate told the NGO committee, “the UN does not support abortion for the sake of abortion or as a method of family planning.” The Holy See delegate said the UN is supposed to be in the business of protecting life but that “abortion begins with the killing of one innocent and defenseless human being, not for what it has done to us, but for what it is.”

The French delegate said, “Again, yet again, my delegation believes that we should reach a decision solely on the basis of public health, and not on the basis of moral or religious criteria.” The delegate did not explain how admitting NAF to the UN would improve international public health, but did say, “my delegation sees no difficulty with this NGO.” Germany concurred with France.

This is not the first time that France has apparently sought to undermine religion in general and specifically the Catholic Church in international negotiations. In 1999, during debate over the scope of the new International Criminal Court, France, along with Canada, sought to revoke the priest-penitent privilege, the centuries-old legal tradition allowing statements made in religious counseling and confession to remain beyond the scope of legal proceedings."

Oh Merde!, its those damn pesky religous laws again. When will those superstitious idiots ever give up?

Iran

ahhh. The Persian Paradise...

"It is very interesting that Americans have occupied Iraq and are now accusing its neighbor of interfering in that country," Kharrazi said during a joint news conference with his French counterpart Dominique de Villepin who arrived here early Thursday for a one-day visit.

Asked to comment on US press reports that agents of the Badr Brigade, the military wing of an Iraqi exile group based in Iran, were operating to stir up anti-American sentiments, Kharrazi said, "This accusation is baseless." He stressed that 'the Badr Brigade has an Iraqi identity an no Iranian is its member'.

Oh, but of couse, Iran would never think of trying to overturn a popular election in Iraq. What happened to the Badr Brigade? I dont know, ask the Marine serving in Iraq, he might know...

(overheard at the Iraninan Embassy)
The Brain: Come, Pinky, we must prepare for tomorrow night.
Pinky: Why? What are we going to do tomorrow night.
The Brain: Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world.

Mexico

Our "Compadres" to the south.

I forgot about this one, but thats the great thing about the internet, no one forgets about anything. From 2003.

After anti-US remarks, Mexico removes UN ambassador
"Aguilar Zinser, a staunch critic of the United States, is unlikely to be missed in Washington. He was a vocal opponent of the North American Free Trade Agreement when it was adopted a decade ago. In March and April, during intense diplomatic negotiations over Iraq, he was Mexico's representative who voted against the US-led war and reportedly favored going further to forge a common anti-US front with France and Germany."

So, other countries can have their ambassadors complain about international law but if the US has an ambassador who complains about how it impacts the US, all hell is going to break loose? is that it?

Well if thats the situation south of the border, obviously things are going to be better north of the border because, well Canadians are just so darn nice.

Whoops..

Canada

Yvon Charbonneau Former Canadian Ambassador to the UN was removed by Canadian PM Paul martin in 2004 and sent to france and to UNESCO.

And just who is Yvon Charbonneau?

Yvon Charbonneau, former Marxist president of the Province of Quebec’s second largest union, has been vociferously outspoken against Jews, both on the homefront and abroad.

According to cjc.ca:

During his years as union president, Mr. Charbonneau once "accused a prominent Montreal Jewish businessman of being an 'economic terrorist'.

On another occasion he "directed teachers in schools and colleges to put up posters referring to the 'genocidal war of the Israeli government'," it went on to say. The statement also mentioned a 2002 speech Mr. Charbonneau made in the House of Commons in which he allegedly equated "Palestinian terrorism with the 'terror campaign waged by Israel'."

Mr. Charbonneau also accused the Israeli government of "turning Israel into a rogue state," the CJC statement said.

Well, what can you say for a country that has a Senator that said " Screw the americans" in the House of Commons. Check out this exchange at "question time":

So what kind of man do I want in the UN? A man like Bolton. Now go vote Senators. And remember what I told you about who Mr. Bolton is being sent to work with. Maybe you should give him a kevlar vest and a .45 to do his job, because with that pack of criminals, he might just need it.

Oh, and by the way, Voinovich, Boxer and Reid? Just so you know, you’re Jackasses.

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