A tale of greed, lies, and corruption

Here's an interesting article I just finished reading summing up the UN Oil-for-food scandal so far. It staggers the imagination to think that this was going on under the U.N.'s nose. I hope we keep them far, far away from any kind of responsibility there in Iraq - I think they've destroyed any credibility they may have once had with the Iraqis. And to be honest, stuff like this seems a whole lot more damning than the occasional "The U.N. wants your gun!" signs I see around. (There's one near the WinCo where we shop in Tigard, and occasionally, I see them in Idaho.) Maybe the U.N. does want my gun, but they ain't getting it. (not that I own a gun).
Strangely, this antipathy the world has for the U.S. seems familiar - it's a lot like the political situation in David Gerrold's War against the Chtorr books.* In that situation, the U.S. had to back down quite a bit, and take care of matters at home - something that only made us stronger as a country.
"Nobody loves us, everybody hates us..." and Ya know what? Screw them. International community, my eye. If this is the international community at work, maybe we should get back to good old fashioned parochialism. Maybe this is a time where the U.S. could adopt something I heard a lot as a kid - that we should be in the world, but not of the world. Let's not go crawling back to those U.N. flunkies on our knees, begging forgiveness for something we should never have had to do in the first place.

Props to Considerettes for the link.

*disclaimer - having read the War against the Chtorr books, and despite having thoroughly enjoyed them, I cannot in good conscience actually recommend them for others - they're very, very dark, there's a lot of things good Mormon boys and girls shouldn't be reading about, and they're really trippy.