False god #1, the UN My late father looked at things in a very direct and no-nonsense way. Years back, there was a large national bureaucracy that actively solicited money in our area. Their superb PR bowled people over, and many were convinced that that organization must be supported. Yet, I found it hard to discern what exactly it was that they actually did. I once asked my dad what he thought about them. He answered: “They are an absolutely fantastic organization… that is, until you actually need them for something.” He could have been speaking about the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. Here too, they are seemingly the world’s guarantor of peace and harmony… that is until they are actually needed to maintain peace and harmony. Consider: In our own backyard, Venezuela is becoming a staunch ally of Communist Cuba. Nuclear armed North Korea is led by a veritable adolescent who menacingly test-fires rockets into the sea...(Read Full Post)