Living Without the UN

Matt Towery says its time for something better:

On Wednesday, our president -- and "our" includes Americans who do and don't like him -- was verbally assaulted before the United Nations General Assembly in a manner more befitting a wrestling match than what is supposed to be a solemn gathering of the world's nation-states.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez insulted President Bush by saying "the Devil was here yesterday," and "it smells of sulfur still today."
That's right. This dictatorial brute came to our own New York City and spat in the face of our president...Chavez's comments are symptomatic of something predicted by the late diplomat and international policy expert George Kennan in his 1949 memo to the State Department about the UN and its relationship to the world of foreign policy. The 1980's British book "The Rise of the International Organisation" notes Kennan's "doubts about the role of the Assembly as a new 'theater of diplomatic operations.'"
Kennan's concerns were rooted in his belief that the interests and influence of smaller nations, including the dubious validity of some states' claims to equal sovereign status, would create a fragile foundation for the United Nations as a viable international organization.

While we're at it, time to boycott CITGO!