Four weeks after it began, the Iraqi liberation war was all but over. Surprise, surprise. The UN was back trying to work its way onto center stage once again, to get a piece of the action. A big piece, no less. Now that the dirty work is done, of course.
This spineless organization has proven once again that it is pitifully and politically corrupt. And almost as absurdly irrelevant as appointing Qadhafi as head of a human rights commission. Oh, excuse me. That was, in fact, another great accomplishment of the UN.
Did the UN send in any troops to assist the Iraqi people in their struggles against the harsh regime of Saddam Hussein? Where were they? Where was the world outcry on behalf of the thousands of Kurds who were gassed by the Iraqi government? The UN sat in silence, unable to lift its miserable finger against anything that smelled of Islamic Republics and billion dollar oil fields.
Instead, they devoted their efforts to stopping the United States, England, and other small, yet brave, countries, from doing what was morally right: to help liberate millions of people suffering tremendously under a brutal dictator, and to rid the world of a very real and serious threat. In fact, it seems that the UN has become little more than a bunch of lowlifes banding together not to stop tyranny or injustice, but to stop America. And to protect their own behind-the-scenes, scheming, double-talking ways.
Let us hope that we have learned our lesson once and for all. Let the UN go the way of the League of Nations, into the forgotten pit of yet another useless, morally corrupt organization that likes to pretend it has mighty importance. Kudos to President Bush, PM Blair and all the armed forces who stood up to the UN (and all that misguided world pressure) and prevailed. Unlike the wimpy UN, their actions have done a tremendous service to the entire planet.
We can only hope that Israel will follow Bush's example in proper techniques in dealing with terrorists: no concessions, no compromises and no "peace" treaties. After all, these three concepts are not part of the terrorist dictionary, why insist on putting them in ours? Bush has shown a skeptical world that terrorists and their regimes can indeed be defeated militarily. This is, in fact, the only language they understand. But more importantly, it's the only proven mechanism that gives them the real opportunity to change.
Let's be honest here. So far, the peace process has been a "piece" process; the giving away of land for this illusive, foggy notion of peace. It's also been a process of give and take. Israel has given. The Palestinians have taken. But they have given back nothing in return. The PA has not kept one of any of the previous agreements. Let's repeat that folks: They have not kept one measly agreement. They have not renounced their violent ways. Au contraire, mon ami, they have pursued their agenda of terror with even greater vigor.
Instead of scrapping this whole absurd process and looking at the only real alternative (military solution), America and others have been pushing for yet another agreement. This, of course, translates as Israel giving once again and the Arabs getting another free handout.
Here's the real no-brainer: Why spend billions, risk American lives, stand alone against world opinion to eliminate Iraq, a terrorist sponsoring country, only to create another one called Palestine? Despite his phony-baloney "new" cabinet, Arafat and henchmen continue their barbaric ways. They cheered the destruction of the Twin Towers on 9/11, just as they rooted for Hussein in both the Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The PA's legacy is a culture that glorifies murder and brainwashes school-age children to become outright racists. In the US, we trade baseball cards. In Gaza, they trade pictures of the suicide bombers. Which reminds me, when was the last time the holy UN called for an investigation into this blatant abuse of children by the Palestinian government? Their silence is deafening.
As far as post-war Iraq and the UN - my mother always told me, ?If you want dessert, ya? gotta eat your peas.? Keep the grimy paws of the UN (including France, Germany and Russia), which did absolutely nada during this war, out of the picture. And, for our own good, out of the Middle East. They don't deserve a crumb of this party cake. This celebration belongs to the coalition forces and mainly, of course, to the Iraqi people.
The UN's new creed? Try these for size: UNderhandedness; UNsightly;UNtruthful; UNfit; UNable; and very UNnecessary. Time to send it to the UNdertaker.
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Dr. David Lazerson, the founder and director of Beth Rafael ? The Alternative Yeshivah High School in Miami, Florida, is the author of Skullcaps and Switchblades and Ammunition.
This spineless organization has proven once again that it is pitifully and politically corrupt. And almost as absurdly irrelevant as appointing Qadhafi as head of a human rights commission. Oh, excuse me. That was, in fact, another great accomplishment of the UN.
Did the UN send in any troops to assist the Iraqi people in their struggles against the harsh regime of Saddam Hussein? Where were they? Where was the world outcry on behalf of the thousands of Kurds who were gassed by the Iraqi government? The UN sat in silence, unable to lift its miserable finger against anything that smelled of Islamic Republics and billion dollar oil fields.
Instead, they devoted their efforts to stopping the United States, England, and other small, yet brave, countries, from doing what was morally right: to help liberate millions of people suffering tremendously under a brutal dictator, and to rid the world of a very real and serious threat. In fact, it seems that the UN has become little more than a bunch of lowlifes banding together not to stop tyranny or injustice, but to stop America. And to protect their own behind-the-scenes, scheming, double-talking ways.
Let us hope that we have learned our lesson once and for all. Let the UN go the way of the League of Nations, into the forgotten pit of yet another useless, morally corrupt organization that likes to pretend it has mighty importance. Kudos to President Bush, PM Blair and all the armed forces who stood up to the UN (and all that misguided world pressure) and prevailed. Unlike the wimpy UN, their actions have done a tremendous service to the entire planet.
We can only hope that Israel will follow Bush's example in proper techniques in dealing with terrorists: no concessions, no compromises and no "peace" treaties. After all, these three concepts are not part of the terrorist dictionary, why insist on putting them in ours? Bush has shown a skeptical world that terrorists and their regimes can indeed be defeated militarily. This is, in fact, the only language they understand. But more importantly, it's the only proven mechanism that gives them the real opportunity to change.
Let's be honest here. So far, the peace process has been a "piece" process; the giving away of land for this illusive, foggy notion of peace. It's also been a process of give and take. Israel has given. The Palestinians have taken. But they have given back nothing in return. The PA has not kept one of any of the previous agreements. Let's repeat that folks: They have not kept one measly agreement. They have not renounced their violent ways. Au contraire, mon ami, they have pursued their agenda of terror with even greater vigor.
Instead of scrapping this whole absurd process and looking at the only real alternative (military solution), America and others have been pushing for yet another agreement. This, of course, translates as Israel giving once again and the Arabs getting another free handout.
Here's the real no-brainer: Why spend billions, risk American lives, stand alone against world opinion to eliminate Iraq, a terrorist sponsoring country, only to create another one called Palestine? Despite his phony-baloney "new" cabinet, Arafat and henchmen continue their barbaric ways. They cheered the destruction of the Twin Towers on 9/11, just as they rooted for Hussein in both the Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The PA's legacy is a culture that glorifies murder and brainwashes school-age children to become outright racists. In the US, we trade baseball cards. In Gaza, they trade pictures of the suicide bombers. Which reminds me, when was the last time the holy UN called for an investigation into this blatant abuse of children by the Palestinian government? Their silence is deafening.
As far as post-war Iraq and the UN - my mother always told me, ?If you want dessert, ya? gotta eat your peas.? Keep the grimy paws of the UN (including France, Germany and Russia), which did absolutely nada during this war, out of the picture. And, for our own good, out of the Middle East. They don't deserve a crumb of this party cake. This celebration belongs to the coalition forces and mainly, of course, to the Iraqi people.
The UN's new creed? Try these for size: UNderhandedness; UNsightly;UNtruthful; UNfit; UNable; and very UNnecessary. Time to send it to the UNdertaker.
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Dr. David Lazerson, the founder and director of Beth Rafael ? The Alternative Yeshivah High School in Miami, Florida, is the author of Skullcaps and Switchblades and Ammunition.