NO HOBGOBLINS AT THE N.Y. TIMES

The N.Y. Times and Secy. General of the U.N. attempt to prove themselves neither small minded, nor devine...since "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines," according to American essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson.


"It Shines For All" quotes the New York Times:

"There is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to empowering rogue states. The Chinese have been shielding Sudan and North Korea. The Russians have been shielding Iran. Were it not for Iraq and Mr. Bush's other troubles, there would be ways to shame or bypass those roadblocks. When the Russians blocked U.N. action in Kosovo, President Clinton got NATO to stop the killing," the New York Times editorializes.

Curious how the Times somehow believes that if we weren't fighting terrorists in Iraq U.N. members would somehow change their stripes. Only China had been blocking action on North Korea long before Saddam was deposed. Both Russia and China had been firm supporters of Tehran long before Saddam was deposed.

So the Times recommends that Mr. Bush "bypass those roadblocks." Amazing. Suddenly the U.N.'s greatest supporters are admitting its uselessness. First Kofi Annan yesterday tells Mr. Bush to ditch the U.N. and act alone. And now the New York Times.

As the Times notes, whenever action is taken to stop killings (Kosovo) it isn't through the U.N. We'll second the Times and Mr. Annan and urge Mr. Bush to ditch the U.N. and deal with Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and other rogue regimes with a coalition of the willing.

Funny that that's what the president did to remove one evil dictator -- Saddam.