U.N. in Iraq
Nice summation here by two former Justice Department lawyers about why giving political control of Iraq to the U.N. is a terrible idea. In short, the U.N. has shown itself to be wholly unreliable and untrustworthy in these situations. I'm surprised more fuss isn't being made by the conservatives in the Bush administration about this, particularly given the personal history of Lakhdar Brahami, Kofi Annan's envoy in Iraq. Brahimi is an old guard Arabist type who was a top official of the Middle East Dictator Society, um, I mean Arab League. Brahimi won't put in place the kind of caretaker government in Iraq that is needed if real democracy and freedom is to take root there.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 8:03 PM
