More criticism of the U.N.

Kenneth Cain, one of the authors of Emergency Sex writes about Kofi Annan and that the corruption that should be investigated is about Genocide, not Oil. His conclusion:

Liberal multilateralists on the left, like me, are often skittish about offering too pungent a critique of Mr. Annan, because it offers aid and comfort to the 'enemy' on the conservative unilateralist right. But if anyone's values have been betrayed at the U.N. over the past decade it is those of us who believe most deeply in the organization's ideals. Just ask the men and women of Rwanda and Srebrenica.

I wonder what Mr. Cain would make of the idea that the U.N. is just a trade association for executive power? It would be interesting to hear his thoughts on that. I agree though that the U.N. has betrayed the left and they should be far more than anrgy at it than the right. The fact that it is not highlights what to my mind is the great failing of the left, the tendancy to put process and theory on a higher plane than what is actually practiced. This has lead them to excuse the behavior of the U.N., to overlook the horrors of Communist Dictatorships, and to, perhaps most fatally of all, fail to police themselves of those who deeply hurt their cause. (article via GlennReynolds.com)