The Nut Jobs at the United Nations
Kofi Annan and Hans Blix must be tripping balls (or, maybe tripping over them) to believe that the United Nations has any moral or political authority in rebuilding Iraq. They have the temerity to demand a place in the peace in the aftermath of a war they absolutely opposed? They say that only the UN can confer legitimacy upon the government of a new Iraq? No one could be prouder than I am of Tony Blair's courage in prosecuting the war along with Uncle Sam, but there was never a chance that the President was going to give the UN any role that a competent etiquette consultant couldn't do more cheaply. Blair was said to be a dead duck for charging ahead as he did. Had single-digit approval ratings; now, he's more popular than John Lennon. And so the liberal British press and his own Labour party have set out another hurdle for him: make nice with the UN and, so, repair the breach with the UK's European pals. To hell with that. Bush may owe Blair a lot, but the line MUST be drawn at giving the UN any sense of a political victory. They didn't earn it: young American and British soldiers, sailors, and airmen did.