Last time I checked, I thought the purpose of the United Nations was to promote peace on Earth, help struggling Nations, assist during wars/breakouts of violence, etc. Apparently, this week its purpose is to promote bashing of President Bush in any way shape or form possible.
I have my own thoughts on the usefulness of the U.N., but let’s just recap some quotes from the past two days.
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela: “And the devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came here. Right here.” [crosses himself] “And it smells of sulfur still today.” The devil here being President Bush. How thoughtful of President Chavez.
Another one: “ I think we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday’s statement made by the president of the United States.”
These are just a couple of quotes out of a whole bunch of what President Chavez said.
Does he have a right to say what he did? Sure. Is the General Assembly of the United Nations the best place to be saying it? I’m not so sure. Others would argue that President Bush has done similar arguing against leaders of Iran, Iraq, etc., but I don’t ever remember President Bush equating any of them to the Devil. I’m sure it didn’t happen, because if it did it would be plastered all over the news for days on end.
President Chavez did say a couple of things that I agree with.
1.) The U.N. doesn’t function well in its current form. See the Oil for Food and various other scandals for proof of this statement.
2.) Perhaps the U.N. should consider leaving the U.S. That would be a wonderful idea. Then we wouldn’t have to host folks like President Ahmadinejad and President Chavez.
I know lots of people don’t agree with President Bush, and I don’t all the time either. But I’m not going to sit around and be lectured by two anti-American presidents (see my previous post regarding Amadinejad) either.
It would be nice to see the U.N. do some good and quit functioning as a place where leaders can come and preach their anti US sentiments.