We can all rest a little easier tonight knowing that the United Nations has our backs. After a mere seven years of debate and negotiation the United Nations General Assembly has approved a treaty against nuclear terrorism. There are no words to express the infinitesimal depth of my relief and gratitude.

U.S. deputy ambassador Stuart Holliday demonstrated why he should be one of the first to go once John Bolton becomes our ambassador to Turtle Bay with this statement:

By its action today, the General Assembly has shown that it can, when it has the political will, play an important role in the global fight against terrorism.

This, like so much of what the U.N. does is toothless and meaningless. Another useless exercise adding to the mountain of useless paper that is the history of the U.N. When Bolton speculated on the effect of taking ten floors of the top of the U.N. headquarters I think he might been aiming low.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 05:46 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment

1 ...taking ten floors of the top of the U.N. headquarters I think he might been aiming low.

Er.. Wouldn't Bolton have been aiming too high?

Posted by: Tuning Spork at April 14, 2005 06:00 PM (Dniwv)

2 The irony is that actually making the U.N. more "effective" isn't really a sunny prospect.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at April 14, 2005 06:02 PM (Dniwv)

3 I meant the number of floors not their location in the building,

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at April 15, 2005 01:19 AM (U3CvV)

4 Aah. I get it!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at April 16, 2005 11:22 AM (lAI6Q)

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