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| 2005-09-16 |
| Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez used the United Nations on Thursday to fire a broadside at the United States, saying the world body should move out of New York over the war in Iraq. Bravo! [clap][clap] "Marge? Why's that jackal cheering the commie?" "I don't know, Wilbur." "Today we know there were never weapons of mass destruction in Iraq but despite that, and going over the head of the United Nations, Iraq was bombed and occupied. So the United Nations must be pulled out of the United States," Chavez said. The first part is absolutely false, of course, but I agree with the conclusion. The three-day New York summit was convened to mark the United Nations' 60th birthday by laying out a plan for multilateral action in the new century on terrorism, human rights, development, peace building and U.N. management reform. Chavez branded the plan "illegal" for failing to respect anti-poverty goals set by a U.N. summit in 2000 and said the United Nations instead needed a drastic overhaul. "The United Nations has outlived its model. It's not just a question of bringing about reform. The 21st century requires profound changes," he said. Right on! Among changes he advocated were expansion of the 15-nation U.N. Security Council, which has global authority over matters of international peace and security; strengthening the role of the secretary-general, and eliminating the council veto granted the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France. Um, I was actually thinking more in terms of denying representation to countries without multi-party free elections, completely open (posted on the 'net) bookkeeping, stuff like that. Chavez noted bitterly that U.S. television evangelist Pat Robertson, a strong supporter of President George W. Bush who called for Washington to assassinate him, remained a free man. Robertson later apologized for his remark. "This is an international crime, terrorism," Chavez said. I was of the "Shut up, Pat!" persuasion, but I'm beginning to enjoy Hugo's reaction to it. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #7 Don't let the door hit ya on the way out, boys... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-09-16 15:36 |
| #6 Gaza? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-09-16 13:18 |
| #5 "The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It's a dump." -- Harry Canyon, Heavy Metal (1981) |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-09-16 12:31 |
| #4 Oh, no, please don't leave! I mean, it will just devastate the local real estate market. Nobody will ever come to NYC unless the UN is there.....why, the population was only a couple of hundreds before they arrived, right? /sarcasm off |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-09-16 11:57 |
| #3 Move it into Palestine. The UN and the paleos were made for each other. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-09-16 10:12 |
| #2 Hell, I'll go further than that. We should be forced out of the u.n. all together. That would be a crying shame. |
| Posted by: Graviter Gluns1970 2005-09-16 09:21 |
| #1 Well, I was with him there for a while. Did Bolton clap? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-09-16 09:05 |