A Chance for the UN to Shine

The UN has proven its inability to serve as a peacekeeping force, but now it has a chance to prove that it can provide a great service to mankind as a distributor of relief.

The incomprehensibly widespread and tragic consequences of the tsunamis are an opportunity for the UN to be a strong, united international organization with a clear mission. It should be able to solicit, manage and speed food, medicine, clothing and materials to countries along the Indian Ocean.

Of course, the UN got off to a bad start, accusing the US, the largest contributor of aid funding to that organization, of being greedy. See the Washington Times piece, here.