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Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the Sept. 26, 2002
issue of Workers World newspaper
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FORMER AMBASSADOR: UN BINDS COUNTRIES TO U.S.=20
INTERESTS

There are many myths about world politics. But few are as=20
enduring as those about the United Nations and its role,=20
even from the beginning when the U.S. government set it up=20
at the start of the Cold War.

Few know the history and role of the UN more intimately than=20
former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. He has spent much=20
of his career getting the UN Security Council to endorse=20
Washington's wars, economic sanctions and "peacekeeping"=20
operations.

Holbrooke recently decided to give George W. Bush a history=20
lesson on launching imperialist wars. In the Sept. 9 New=20
Yorker magazine, Holbrooke complained:

"[T]he hawks around Bush fundamentally misunderstand the=20
role being played by the international organizations that=20
the United States helped create after the Second World War.=20
'The entire system was created by statesmen like Roosevelt,=20
Truman, and Acheson to bind other countries to our interests-
-to prevent rogue states,' Holbrooke said. 'True, some=20
international organizations got taken over, like UNESCO. But=20
on the whole the international system was much more=20
favorable to us than to others. Remember that Bush's father=20
was Ambassador to the UN. He understands this.' "

That bears repeating: "The entire system was created ... to=20
bind other countries to our interests."

The UN, by design, cannot be a base for opposition to a war=20
launched by the United States.

--Gary Wilson

- END -

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size=3D3>------------------------- Via Workers World News =
Service Reprinted=20
from the Sept. 26, 2002 issue of Workers World=20
newspaper ------------------------- FORMER AMBASSADOR: UN =
BINDS=20
COUNTRIES TO U.S. INTERESTS There are many myths about world=20
politics. But few are as enduring as those about the United Nations =
and its=20
role, even from the beginning when the U.S. government set it up =
 at the=20
start of the Cold War. Few know the history and role of the UN =
more=20
intimately than former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. He has =
spent much=20
 of his career getting the UN Security Council to endorse =
 Washington's=20
wars, economic sanctions and "peacekeeping" =
 operations. Holbrooke=20
recently decided to give George W. Bush a history lesson on =
launching=20
imperialist wars. In the Sept. 9 New Yorker magazine, Holbrooke=20
complained: "[T]he hawks around Bush fundamentally misunderstand =
the=20
 role being played by the international organizations that the =
United=20
States helped create after the Second World War. 'The entire system =
was=20
created by statesmen like Roosevelt, Truman, and Acheson to bind =
other=20
countries to our interests- -to prevent rogue states,' Holbrooke =
said. 'True,=20
some international organizations got taken over, like UNESCO. But =
 on the=20
whole the international system was much more favorable to us than to =
others.=20
Remember that Bush's father was Ambassador to the UN. He understands =
this.'=20
" That bears repeating: "The entire system was created ... to =
 bind=20
other countries to our interests." The UN, by design, cannot be a =
base=20
for opposition to a war launched by the United States. --Gary =

Wilson - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone =
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