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May 11, 2004

United Nincompoops

Oh boy. Time once again to bag on the UN.

You know, the UN that Kerry wants to take over Iraq.

Well, Jim K from Right Thoughts did a little math.

The number that was bandied around prior to the Iraq war was 500,000. A half-million children dead from the embargoes on Iraq. And of course, that was all our fault. Even though it was a UN embargo.

Shh. No logic. Don't try to make sense of it.

Anyway, I looked up some numbers fro the population and birth rates in iraq. I did ROUGH math, taking into account the 2+ percent per year growth. I rounded down whenever possible to be as accurate (or rather, fair) as rough numbers would allow.

The result is represented in this photo:

And now, this starts to hit the newswires. AGAIN!

Kosovo UN troops fuel sex trade

The presence of peacekeepers in Kosovo is fuelling the sexual exploitation of women and encouraging trafficking, according to Amnesty International.

And how does the UN handle this situation......?

There has been no comment from the UN.

If I hear one more person say that the UN needs to be in Iraq for 'legitimacy', I swear that they will not be able to walk for a very long time.

UPDATE: From reader, Marc, comes a third item for your frustration.

DRC: UN Mission probes sex abuse claims

The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has launched "a comprehensive investigation" into reported instances of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of civilians, including minors, by its personnel in the northeastern town of Bunia, Ituri District, UN News reported on Friday.

Let's hope their "comprehensive investigation" doesn't turn into a "quagmire" like the 'oil-for-palaces' one.

Posted by Nukevet at May 11, 2004 09:24 AM

Comments

Posted by: marc at May 11, 2004 04:20 PM