There is an interesting article on the National Post web site (Canadian newpaper). Interesting.
Though nominally still under UN control, the southern province of Serbia is today dominated by a triumvirate of Albanian paramilitaries, mafiosi and terrorists. They control a host of smuggling operations and are implementing what many observers call their own brutal ethnic cleansing of minority groups, such as Serbs, Roma and Jews.
In recent weeks, UN officials ordered the construction of a fortified concrete barrier around the UN compound on the outskirts of the provincial capital Pristina. This is to protect against terrorist strikes by Muslim extremists who have set up bases of operation in what has become a largely outlaw province.
And NPR is carrying a story about the reluctance of the UN to get involved in Iraq:
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Iraq is still too dangerous for his organization to play a major role there, and staff members will fly in and out as needed to perform their duties.
The UN has no troops. The UN has “functionaries” and bureaucrats. Troops must be furnished by member countries to be controlled by these people. Guess who furnishes the majority of forces to the UN. So what would be different for us if the UN took over in Iraq? Look at Kosovo.
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