THE UNITED NATIONS, RIP

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: March 16, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

"THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND," PRESIDENT BUSH SAID AT HIS MARCH 6 NEWS CONFERENCE, "THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SECURITY, IF WE NEED TO ACT WE WILL ACT. AND WE REALLY DON'T NEED THE UNITED NATIONS' APPROVAL TO DO SO." An obvious truth. But Bush must have thought it came off a bit tactless, because he immediately tried to dilute it with some insincere UN boosterism:

"I want the United Nations to be effective. It's important for it to be a robust, capable body. It's important for its words to mean what they say."

But of course the last thing Bush wants is for the UN, which dances now to an ...

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