…about ourselves.
As I have said before and has beeen well demonstrated by Thomas Barnett, foreign aid never really helps those intended. Creating the conditions necessary to attract direct foreign investment [DFI] does.
Investors Business Daily chimes in quite nicely.
Hat Tip: Logical Meme
June 20th, 2005 | Economics, Politics, UN Corruption | No comments
Three good reads. First, A Solid Approach to U.N. Reform
One of the surest ways to induce better management in government is to reduce funding — or at a bare minimum, make credible threats to do so. This is the goal of Rep. Henry Hyde’s United Nations Reform Act, which is scheduled to be voted on today by the House.
Unfortunately, critics are reacting as if Mr. Hyde has suggested dismantling the United Nations altogether. Quite the contrary, the bill proposes specific, results-oriented reforms that if implemented would make the United Nations a more functional institution. The usual suspects are complaining over a provision in the bill that would allow the United States to withhold up to 50 percent of its contribution to the United Nations unless the international body adopts at least 32 of the proposed 39 reforms. It’s the kind of tough-love legislation that only the United States, which contributes 22 percent of the U.N. budget, can provide.
Then two views on the Iranian election coming up. Facing the Iranian Election
While Iran continues to play an ongoing nuclear ping-pong match with the European Union, risking the nuclear stability of the Middle East and a possible showdown with the West, it is also eagerly preparing for its upcoming elections Friday. Carrying the flag of Islamic democracy, the “rule of law,” progress and change, Iran is attempting to compete in two worlds simultaneously as it hopes to emerge victorious in both.
And Iran’s Sham Election .
As Iranian voters get ready to go to the polls tomorrow in the first round of presidential elections, the avalanche of breathless media hype has already begun. We’ve been treated to plenty of pontificating over the supposed “liberals” (the enlightened ones who tell us what we want to hear about women’s rights and political freedom). To win, these liberals will need to fend off the evil “conservatives” — the most backward of the ayatollahs, men who won’t even give interviews to the New York Times pretending to be for democracy, transparency and women’s rights and opening up the economy.
They mince no words.
June 17th, 2005 | Global War On Terror, Jihad Watch, Politics, UN Corruption | No comments