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December 30, 2004

Funniest line of the day

Sometimes you can read something that is so laughable you look over the article several times thinking this just has to be a parody. However, it looks like this story is a straight news story, not something from Scrappleface.

United States President George Bush was tonight accused of trying to undermine the United Nations by setting up a rival coalition to coordinate relief following the Asian tsunami disaster.

The president has announced that the US, Japan, India and Australia would coordinate the world’s response.

But former International Development Secretary Clare Short said that role should be left to the UN.

“I think this initiative from America to set up four countries claiming to coordinate sounds like yet another attempt to undermine the UN when it is the best system we have got and the one that needs building up,” she said.

“Only really the UN can do that job,” she told BBC Radio Four’s PM programme.

“It is the only body that has the moral authority."

UN is the only body with moral authority?

Good Lord, Clare, what river are you floating down? Never heard of this or this? Only two of the most recent examples of UN perfidy, criminality and immorality.

hattip LGF

Posted by Darleen at December 30, 2004 11:47 AM

Comments

Reee-damn-diculous. When will the UN just go away?

Posted by: Digger at December 30, 2004 12:28 PM

Jan, Clare, Kofi, three fine examples of UN bungling, and I'm being kind. These are prime examples of where there is no intelligent filter between the brain and the mouth.
God save us from the UN.

Posted by: BobG at January 1, 2005 09:45 AM