Hey you guys! Look what the UN did! I'm so proud!?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061219/ap_on_re_af/darfur_aid

They evacuated not 70, BUT SEVENTY ONE out of the millions dying in Darfur! Let's give them a big hand of applause!

You guys OBVIOUSLY don't get that it's not this just one time the UN has shown thier laziness and stupidity. They've had years on this case and have done nothing but whine and talk about how they're going to do it. Where does all the blame go to? The US. The UN has done JACK since the day they were established. So don't you tell me that I can't do what the UN hasn't done, cause sit around do nothing is what I do best.

And I lived in Sudan with my father (who was stationed there) for a couple of years, thank you very much, so don't you dare say that I don't care!

Answer 1

Whoa! They actually did something?! Thats rare, usually they beg for the US to intervene so they can condemn us afterward.

Answer 2

What were they supposed to do? They don't have the man power to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people. These aid workers will live to help countless others.

Do you really care about those people? If you do you shouldn't disparage the people actually doing something to help them.

I will still reiterate my question of what were they supposed to do. The UN doesn't have the manpower to help all those people, but at least they are trying and have been trying for years! And I will also say, if you were stationed there, why would you mock the people that are actually helping them? That's not caring. Not at all. If you cared, you'd support the U.N. and write letters to your representatives and the President to let them know you are concerned about what's going on over there.

Answer 3

That's 71 more aid workers than the US has provided, and 71 more evacuees than the US has evacuated.

The UN is limited, no question. It is limited because it needs agreement of many countries to act.

The US could just act. But it thinks other things are more important. You know the list.

Answer 4

I hate the UN, but at least they saved someone, so I say give them a pat on the back this time, they have one day to smile

Answer 5

It is time to trash the U.N. turn the building into a Condo and let the rest of the World fend for itself

Answer 6

Well, i guess we'll never have to pay the U.S. arrears in dues to the UN, currently total over $1.3 billion. We never wanted to pay dues and this seems like a good excuse.

Answer 7

As long as US controls UN there will be no proper or intelligent function of the UN. Just look at the facts, we had Bolton for UN ambassador. What a joke?

Answer 8

See, it's doing the job it was created to do! Isn't it worth the money we throw away...I mean spend on the UN ever year?!

Answer 9

You're a real naive person. I'm sorry that's too nice. You're a dumbass. Why don't you go over there and pull those people out. That's what I thought, you can't, you'd rather come on here and ***** about it. It aint as easy as you're making it out to be. It's people like you that make humanity look so bad. If you really care so much, go do something about it and stop sitting around trying to find stuff in the news to ***** about.

Answer 10

...after gunmen looted their compounds, leaving some 130,000 refugees virtually without humanitarian help.
And all 71 evacuated were U.N. aid workers.

Pathetic!

Answer 11

That's 71 more than the US helped out though. Of course, our troops are too busy fighting an unwinnable war to be able to aid in humanitarian causes.