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2013-10-19 International-UN-NGOs

UN losing credibility after failing to resolve crises: Turkey

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Posted by Fred 2013-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 "The United Nations are losing quite a lot of their credibility"
Only now?

Posted by Skidmark 2013-10-19 01:40|| 2013-10-19 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Who does one 'lose' what one has never had ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-10-19 02:02|| 2013-10-19 02:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Johnson! Stop the presses!!

Posted by tu3031 2013-10-19 02:47|| 2013-10-19 02:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Isn't that like 'discovering' that the local 40 year old crack whore is not a virgin?

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-10-19 08:17|| 2013-10-19 08:17|| Front Page Top

#5 ...apologies to any 40 year old crack whore who may feel slighted by the comparison.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-10-19 08:18|| 2013-10-19 08:18|| Front Page Top

#6 all right! Let's play: who can think of an instance where the UN *was* successful in resolving an international crisis? 'Cause right off the top of my head, I can't.

And no, starting a cholera epidemic in Haiti doesn't count.

Posted by SteveS 2013-10-19 12:23|| 2013-10-19 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Bingo, Steve.

Posted by Barbara 2013-10-19 12:58|| 2013-10-19 12:58|| Front Page Top

#8 they do know the best places to eat, so there's that....

Posted by Frank G 2013-10-19 13:06|| 2013-10-19 13:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Korea 50 years ago?

Posted by Daffy Hupaviting2970 2013-10-19 14:30|| 2013-10-19 14:30|| Front Page Top

#10 ...of course that's why we have continuous crises with Pudgy's nuclear armament game. Problem solved. Oh, wait....

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-10-19 15:51|| 2013-10-19 15:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Monty Python's "What have the U.N. ever done for us."

There's the 5 star hotels and you can find a michelin star restaurant in every capital now.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-10-19 17:06|| 2013-10-19 17:06|| Front Page Top

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