The Europeans call for U.N. Role. Oh, I hope they don't get it. The last thing Iraq needs is to replace Saddam with a bunch of IMF and UN bureaucrats. The Iraqis should carefully consider what the U.N. has done for the Palestinians, what the IMF has done for Turkey, and what paternalism has done for the American Indians, and send them packing.


I wouldn't have anything to do with the U.N. again until it is reformed, but I have no faith that it can be reformed in any way that wouldn't give the French too much influence in it. In many ways, it's really a model of French politics, weak, scheming and venal. We're already learning why France was so anxious to continue the U.N. inspections--they were cover for a shameful arms trade with a man who would turn on them and destroy them without a second thought. Chirac has, no doubt, enriched himself in all of this as well.

To hell with the U.N. It was a nice dream, but it failed to take human nature into account. It's had its last chance. It should never again be spoken of in the present tense. If the EU wants to adopt it, let them, but we shouldn't give it another penny.

There will be a world government someday, after the Second Coming, but remember that it will coincide with the cleansing of the earth by fire.