The UN Warns US

The second-in-command to Lord Kofi says the US had best not withold money that the UN needs to keep up with its thuggish ways:

May 19 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's top aide today warned the U.S. against withholding funds to force change at the world body, saying ``a big stick rather than a hand reached out'' will alienate America's friends.

``The option of withholding immediately separates you from your allies because it's seen as America acting alone rather than in partnership with reform-minded allies,'' Mark Malloch Brown, Annan's chief of staff, told the House International Relations Committee.

It seems to me that the UN is the one reaching out their hands. My goodness, they are accusing us of acting unilaterally. We'll be a world pariah. Whatever.

This is like enabling a drug addict, they swear it's the last time they need money, until the next time. I say we make an agreement, we'll take the average allocation of all the nations on the UN Commission on Human Rights, figure out what percentage of their GDP that encompasses and we'll pay that percentage.

That sure seems fair to me. Or better yet, let's give them nothing until they can police themselves and not contribute to the rape and pillaging of countries they were sent to protect.

Update: I for one am stocking up on foodstuffs and water as those blue-helmeted warriors may just attack us.