You're wasting your time, Mighty.
You forget the basic dogma;
We are Americans, and all things American are bad.
If we get involved, we're wrong. If we stay out of it, we're wrong. If we give, we're manipulative. If we take, we're greedy.
When we speak, we're conquering Imperialists. When we keep silent, we're isolationist and callous.
We're accused of being on a mission to destroy all local cultural heritage, and turn everyone into lily-white American robots. The fact that our cultural influences (movies, literature, books, attitudes, whatever) can only propagate when individuals make a conscious decision to buy, read, watch or adopt is actually an insidious form of mass-hypnosis and mind control...not choice. Repeat after me...It's all our fault...it's all our fault
We pay an inordinate portion of the UN budget, but we have no right to criticize. We need to have more respect for an organization that will put some of the most oppressive, backward governments in charge of the Human Rights Commission. God forbid we have the right to a dissenting opinion...while the Iranians prance about acting as though they have a history of tolerance, forbearance and justice. Oh yeah...and all Jews should die. Just ask 'em.
It was the US that arbitrarily carved up the Middle East after World War I, with callous disregard for thousands of years of tribal tradition and cultural influence, and set the stage for decades of renewed violence and discord, not Britain.
Anyone who lives in NYC knows how abusive and corrupt UN diplomats are...they flaunt the law with impunity, and laugh right in your face while they do it. I speak from personal experience.
The UN is an idea with merit and value in a truly cooperative world society. However, the institution today is truly no more than the worlds biggest, most organised party planner. The money paid to these flocks of unproductive, ineffective 'career diplomats' is outrageous...but that's just vicious, self-serving American propaganda.
I agree with Hang....get them out of my city, out of my country and let the EU float the bill for the next few decades. Let them enjoy the 'benefits' of having that pack of 'professionals' tearing through their neighborhoods. When they see, with their own eyes, the dirty little secrets...like how much of the money is spent on the highest priced hookers in the world...I'm sure we'll be proved wrong in our opinions.
I'd love to see a little American-style fair play on the budget thing. Same price for every seat in the hall. Wanna play, you gotta pay like everybody else. Why exactly, should we pay one nickel more than anyone else, anyway?
Oh, yeah, now I remember...we're fat, lazy, greedy Americans who deserve to be taken advantage of. We've got it coming after all. Any other nation on earth has the inherent, sovereign right to look out after it's own people and interests.
But not us.
Everybody else's hands are clean, Mighty...only ours are soiled. All other nations and peoples are pure as the driven snow.
