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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Feb 6 2005, 06:55 PM
I haven't been paying close enough attention to know that people here have called for the end of the UN over this.
For me, it's more about the UN being part of the problem in Iraq for a dozen years and then choosing to do nothing to fix the problem they created and instead demonized the US for ending Hussein's reign. It calls into question the motives of the body, and those should be PURE.
The UN should be held to the highest possible standards.
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Exactly. In fact, all governments and international organizations should be held to the highest possible standards... or, barring that, the same standards.
I hear arguments that the UN is responsible for the apparent skimming of Oil for Food dollars, which is why its obvious that those responsible must be found and charged. I don't see how the organization's reputation takes the hard hit for a few of its players though.
If the Martin government gets totally exposed over the patronage scandals here, the obvious thing would be to charge him, or those responsible, and probably vote the criminals out in the next election. The first thing to jump to mind would _not_ be, 'this government doesn't work, look at the corruption, lets tear it down as an institution'. It serves a purpose, a great one.
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