May 17, 2003
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I suppose I should finish off my responses to the proposed “10 steps for peace“.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an island some place. We don’t need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, it would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
Well, I do have quite a bit to say about restructuring the UN, but I’m going to have to save that for another day. Ideally, I do believe it would not be located in any soveriegn nation (sort of a Vatican style arrangement would be better).
As to the spies and fair weather friends bit…
Frankly, we look like the whiney brats. For years, we have unilaterally used our veto powers to block actions and keep the UN from being anything approaching effective. We don’t get our way this time, and we start howling like brats about fair weather friends and basically quit.
As to spies, consulates are just as good for spies as the UN, and if the US is complaining about covert ops : pot, meet kettle.
9b) Use the [UN] buildings as replacement for the twin towers.
Whatever. Frankly, I doubt the symbolism would satisfy most folks, but if the media really worked it, maybe.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us “Ugly Americans” any longer.
Getting our kids off of McDonalds, Burger King, and Coca Cola would be a good first step. Anyway, this wouldn’t help everyone, for while beauty may only be skin deep, sometimes ugly goes straight to the bone (no comments from the peanut gallery please).
