...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
Security Council into rare accord on Thursday, with La Belle France announcing that it would soon propose a resolution to establish a large and robust United Nations peacekeeping force and the United States expressing full-throated support.
United Nations officials have repeatedly warned of ethnic cleansing in the Central African Republic. On Thursday, they described to the Security Council a country where Mohammedans had fled their homes in response to rampaging Christian militias, where millions were living in chronic hunger and where state institutions had collapsed.
Secretary General
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
this week recommended a force of nearly 12,000 soldiers and coppers to be deployed immediately to protect civilians, and eventually, civilian specialists to rebuild state institutions, from city halls to courts.