[King Prout]

Republican senators have waged a long campaign against the UN, much of whose work they oppose on ideological grounds. Their case has been aided by recent scandals, ranging from sex abuse by UN peacekeepers in Africa to the mishandling of the Iraq oil for food programme.

A UN spokesman yesterday described the prospect of a budget cut as "worrying" and recalled problems created in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the last time Congress implemented such cuts. The US is the single biggest contributor to the UN, paying about 22% of the total budget, with Japan second on 19.5%.

hrmn... perhaps we should have a little chat with the Japanese, publicly, in which we would draw a parallel between the Imperial Japanese behavior in China and what the UN is up to today. Perhaps we could, in so doing, manage to get Japan to cut funding for the UN as well.

[hineybona]

I had the same thought ..Lets talk to Japan about pulling $$$ as well.They get no respect there either..The leftist run the UN , lets have them PAY FOR IT !!!ALONE