Get that man a Segway so he can roll out of the UN much faster!

Just a bit of wishful thinking in that title?;-)

A bit ;) But it did happen :)

Wow. Just saw the reply on MSNBC. The Iraqi guy was moaning about "extermination", and Negroponte & CO. just got up and walked right out.

The fact that so many people support this level of childishness is very appaling to me. I'm far from claiming that the UN is a perfect organization or free from corruption, but right now I'd trust the UN a lot more than I'd trust my own government. Rogue nation, I'll say.

Paine, what part of diplomacy isn't childish nonsense?

Frankly, such antics are long overdue at the pretentious UN.

The Iraqi government needs to be blown up. The UN should kick them out of the UN !

Tell that to the Tutsis in Rwanda... if you can find one.

No walking out; the last time the Soviets did that we made Korea a UN action; he should just stay and ostentatiously read a newspaper.(but it sure sounds great!

I also support the UN. Libya's history of human rights attrocities make it an obvious choice to head the committee on human rights. Angola's history of civil war and corruption make it an undeniably qualified member of the Security Council. The US on the other hand has a history of commiting injustices such as liberating Europe from Nazism, defeating the Soviet expansion of influence and providing more foreign aid to countries in need than any other nation.

When it comes to foreign policy, I trust Cameroon.

but right now I'd trust the UN a lot more than

Here's an example of "trusting the UN". The UN is such a naive organization, that when my mother worked for the Panamenian government, she noticed something very interesting.

Remeber all that UNICEF money we all donate to help children in the 3rd world?

Guess what the UN does. They go give it to the government (in this case Panama), and the corrupt politicians just pocket the money and thank the UN. That's why my mom doesn't donate any money that has the letters "U.N." attached to them.

That's what happens when you trust such an innefective organization.

BTW, I applaud the action of Negroponte. We don't have to listen to ambassadors of brutal dictatorships. Having lived in one, it's about time somebody in the UN stopped listening and giving legitimazy to thughs.

He should take off his pants and take a wiiiiz on the Iraqi delegation. That would be sooo funny.

Paine:

I didn't vote for anyone in the UN, so it's difficult for me to believe I have a reason to pay attention to anything that happens there.

Totalitarian regimes are illegitimate and have no right to exist. They threaten the lives of their own people and the security of democracies everywhere. Rather than allow outlaw totalitarian regimes to sit in the same room with the democracies, the UN should actively seek to eliminate those regimes.

Perhaps the "Coalition of the Willing" can be the basis of a "League of Democracies" to do what the UN seems incapable of doing.

John Niggerponte just walked out! Wow, what a Statement from a Statesman!

Perhaps all of the Proud Master Card-carrying Americans can explain why the CIA helped Iran set up its secret police in the 1950s? Was that part of what John Ashcroft callings "letting the eagle soar?" America ... love it or be bombed!

Negroponte's a man who would know about such things.

His work in Honduras in the mid-80s made him very familiar with extermination, especially of civil rights wokers, labor leaders, progressive clergy etc.

Think America is all about Spreading Liberty's Wings? We care about the liberty of Middle Eastern people, as long as they are loving us and shipping us cheap oil.

August 19, 1953

A CIA coup in Iran overthrows the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and re-installs Reza Pahlavi as Shah of Iran. Over 300 people are killed and many hundreds are wounded in the nine hours of fighting. Plans had been brewing to oust the nationalist Mossadegh ever since he and his party had passed a bill in 1951 to nationalize the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

Yeah, Mr UN, God forbid that we should get rid of Iranian communists in 1953! fyi you're one World War late. We've already won WW III, the Soviet Union imploded, and now we're going to kick the ass of islamo-fascists all over the planet in WW IV.

Kalle,

Yawn, bringing God into the discussion. So, umm, just because you've decided that Communism was "bad," that makes it okay for the US to overthrow another government?

On that theory, if China thinks that capitalism is "bad," you'd be cool with letting China's secret police overthrow our government.

Wonderful, I hope this foreign policy doctrine is really working for you! Beacuse it seems to have made you Lots and Lots of Friendz!

Haven't all of these CIA coups made you feel SO MUCH SAFER? Pass the duct tape, and Let the Eagles Soar!

Paine, I am afraid that you missed the point of the walk-out: it had nothing to do with the UN. Negroponte walked out on the Iraqi ambassador. There is nothing unusual about that: we are at war with Iraq, (whether you and I support it or not), and I believe in the past ambassadors walked out under such circumstances.

The UN is joke, when it lets dictators even open their mouths in there. There can be no "United" in "Nations" when some of those nations don't respect the most basic of human rights.

Negroponte's a man who would know about such things.

His work in Honduras in the mid-80s made him very familiar with extermination, especially of civil rights wokers, labor leaders, progressive clergy etc.