Centerfield

Dean on the UN

Brian's Study Breaks, and I have been discussing how the US should respond to Darfur. In my post I analyzed his two posts on Darfur and said that, while they were certainly promising and a welcome sign that the Deaniacs could show some spine, it still seemed a bit too dependent on the International Community to act. To that, Brian directed me to a quote by Dean in August of last year. It's an old column, but it helps put my mind at ease about the good doctor:

"However, I have also said that the U.N. bears a portion of the blame for the Iraq war. The U.N. did not understand that sometimes action is necessary and talk is not enough. There is often too much dithering in the European Union and at the U.N. when action is needed. The shameful reluctance of the European Union to intervene forcefully in Bosnia in order to stop genocide is one such instance. The ultimate failure of the entire world community, including the United States, to stop the massacres in Rwanda is another example.

"The U.N. does not seem to learn very fast."

It's actually a great column...to use the old blogger cliche: read the whole thing

Posted by David Schraub at February 27, 2005 02:39 PM