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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (164)	3/3/2003 5:19:34 AM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 504

Lesson III. The assumption, in many minds, seems to be that whereas individual powers act on the world stage according to the brutal rules of realpolitik, the U.N. represents legitimacy and projects an aura of idealism. In fact, more than half a century of experience shows that the U.N. is a theater of hypocrisy, a sink of corruption, a street market of sordid bargains and a seminary of cynicism. It is a place where mass-murdering heads of state can stand tall and sell their votes to the highest bidder and where crimes against humanity are rewarded. For many people the true nature of the U.N. was epitomized by the news that Libya, a blood-soaked military dictatorship of the crudest kind, is to chair the U.N. Commissionon Human Rights. It's people like Muammar Qaddafi who benefit from the U.N., who are legitimized by its spurious respectability. The real ineffectiveness of the UN is on display for the world now. Until something newer starts to emerge it will be hard for everyone to see the complete bankruptcy of the UN for today's world. Paul

To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (164)	11/21/2003 3:53:55 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 504

Hi Bland...I saved this link Five Vital Lessons From Iraq Paul Johnson, 03.17.03 The Iraq crisis has already pointed up a number of valuable lessons. So far I have identified five: ...so that we could see several months down stream from March to present....how the Lessons Johnsn pointed out stood up to the events........What do you think about these now? Wonder also what Paul Philp is doing...last time I saw his blog, it was pretty quiet... He should come back here.......