[POLITICS] Thank God for the death of the UN (Article)

From: Brett Paatsch (paatschb@ocean.com.au)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 20:58:33 MST

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    The following link is to an article in the Guardian.

    "THANK GOD FOR THE DEATH OF THE UN

    Its abject failure gave us only anarchy. The world needs order"

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,918812,00.html

    "Saddam Hussein's reign of terror is about to end. He will go quickly,
    but not alone: in a parting irony, he will take the UN down with him.
    Well, not the whole UN. The "good works" part will survive, the
    low-risk peacekeeping bureaucracies will remain, the chatterbox on
     the Hudson will continue to bleat. What will die is the fantasy of the
    UN as the foundation of a new world order. As we sift the debris, it
    will be important to preserve, the better to understand, the intellectual
    wreckage of the liberal conceit of safety through international law
    administered by international institutions." .... etc

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    Regards,
    Brett Paatsch



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