I'm sorry if you didn't care for my comment. I admit I was trying to be provocative. But really, doesn't it bother you that the Bush Administration puts so much money into the UN? Shouldn't we be trying to cut it off, if the money is finding its way to people like Saddam and Al-Queda?
Like you, I'm a fan of John Bolton. But if appointing him is the only concrete action the Bush administration is willing to take, I think that's a completely inadequate gesture, in light of the size of the problem.
I don't think anyone in the Bush administration is taking bribes or any other improper payments from the UN. But I do think they are guilty of shirking fights that should be fought, to clean up the UN or get out.
"...doesn't it bother you that the Bush Administration puts so much money into the UN?"
Every administration since Truman has poured money into that black hole. You can't single Bush out.
Look at the uproar appointing John Bolton caused.... it's up to the congress to cut funding.
Getting out isn't an option for if we were to get out we would lose ALL voice in the UN.
As a standing member of the founders of the UN our only option to be rid of the corruption and mayhem in the UN is to better our inside forces. This has been done with the appointment of John Bolton.
Leaving the UN to their corruption without influence would only increase the cause for concern for us as a nation.
Shirking fights?? The President is still fighting the world because he didn't have UN approval to go into Iraq. Now the UN is in Iraq making DNC talking points about voter fraud.
As much as I would like to see President Bush withdraw us from the stinking UN and kick them out of the USA, it must be done in the same way one eats an elephant ... one bite at a time.
There has been an investigation going on of the Oil for Food scandal for well over a year, with more fingers pointing at the UN everyday. He went around the demonRATS and the crybaby, and recess appointed Bolton. Congress voted to cut our "contribution" to the UN by half. (did that stick?)
Like everything else, it takes time. President Bush can't "nuke" the UN, anymore than he can "nuke" SS or DOE or appoint any judge he wants.
Consider the discoveries that have been made since the invasion of Iraq. Consider how those discoveries have reflected on Kofi Annan and the United Nations.
Despite the MSM's blackout, the words "Oil for Food" are now synonymous with the words "United Nations corruption".
This administration has done more to damage the UN's image than any other. And the President has done it without ever appearing to "attack" the institution.