jo: You give UN agencies such as WHO, UNICEF, and UNHRC far too much credit: they are as corrupt, ideologically bankrupt, and politically co-opted as all the rest. That aside, the last thing we need is a more “effective” Secretariat, empowered to oppose American interests, ostracize Israel, and legitimize thugs and tyrants the world over.

Since honest, competent UN representation does us no good whatsoever, Bush should make a statement about what we think of the UN by giving it the ambassador it deserves: Alcee Hastings; or, since she’s in the neighborhood, why not Hillary?