Eengstro on March 2nd, 2006

Mark Steyn has published a well-argued editorial piece on the failures of the United Nations:

Can the U.S. force the UN to reform itself? Look at it this way: With hindsight, the UN was most effective when it was least effective—that’s to say, the four decades between Korea and the Gulf War, when the Cold War’s [...]

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Eengstro on August 22nd, 2005

“The U.N. is a place where governments opposed to free speech demand to be heard!” —Alfred E. Neuman

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Eengstro on June 10th, 2005

Less than a month after agreeing to end filibusters against judicial nominees except under “extraordinary circumstances”, Democrats are blocking a vote on the nomination of John Bolton as ambassador to the UN.
What happened to the spirit of “cooperation”? Oh, I know: Bolton isn’t a judicial nominee, therefore the agreement doesn’t apply to him! How [...]

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