Mark Steyn is relieved that the French continues to stop any UN Security Council resolution that makes for an extended UN role in Iraq. The United Nations doesn't exactly have a good track record in running real land with real people.
The UN doesn't solve problems, it manages them in perpetuity: it turns them into Les Miserables; come back two decades later and it's still running.
Even without the corruption and drugs and child-sex rings, it's not an impressive record. Any German contemplating Palestine's 'refugee' 'camps', now celebrating their golden jubilee, ought to be grateful his country enjoyed the straightforward benefits of victors' justice.
I am sure there are people in the UN system that can do good things in Iraq, but it's crucial that the UN bureocracies don't have the final say on anything important. Advise, fine. Control, no.
Considering theOil-for-palacesscandal, which is recently given the very appropriate name UNSCAM, it's pretty imperative that the UNocrats' hands are kept out of the Iraqi oil jar.
