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Time to call in U.N. as assistant surgeon
All it took was one little decision made by President Bush for us to come to a sad conclusion—the United Nations sucks. The sad part of that conclusion is that the reason the U.N. sucks so much is that people like Bush ignore it. Its power is based on the support of the nations that stand by it. The U.N. is supposed to have power because strong, influential nations like the United States and Great Britain submit themselves to the will of this international governmental body. By doing that, we send a message to rebellious and uncooperative leaders in the world that not just the United States, but an entire community of pissed off nations won’t take any more defiance from those who oppose peace and prosperity. If anyone wants to know why the U.N. fails, the answer is simple. The U.N. cannot enforce anything because we won’t respect its decisions. This brings us to the war in Iraq. Now, we love imperialism and unilateralism as much as the next selfish, arrogant power-hungry fool, but something about our complete disregard for the rest of the planet just doesn’t sit well with us. We don't like that our friends and family are dying to stop a threat that turns out it really wasn't a threat from using weapons that didn't exist. Now we face a new dilemma. We’d like to say, “If there’s nothing there, let’s just bring our boys home.” But even though we love peace—even more than imperialism—now isn't the time for it. The time for peace was about a year ago. Bush blew that chance, now we’re stuck here and it's time for the United States to do what every two year old is taught—we must clean up our mess now that we're done playing. Iraq is still a bloody mess. It's like this. If an unqualified surgeon unsupported by the hospital in which he was working decided that a surgery was necessary when it wasn't, and began performing that surgery, that would certainly be bad. But, once the patient was open on the table, it would be worse for him to walk away. If the United States was admitted to a hospital, Bush would have shoved his way through the hospital, feigning urgency and shouting things like "emergency Saddam-putation," or "life-saving oppression-ectomy." The simple fact is we shouldn't have gone into the operating room alone, but now we're up to our elbows in kidneys. But maybe it isn't us who should finish this surgery. Maybe we should let someone who knows what they're doing fix what we broke. If, as many claim, the U.N. is a worthless organization, it's because they're afraid of us, and because we don't let them do their job. Maybe it's time we gave them the chance. — These columnists can be reached at collegian@csufresno.edu |
