Wil's Rant

Not exactly! The problem with the U.N. is that there are so many different opinions that it's hard to get anything done. The problem is significant even at the Security Council level. The U.N. must start to find more common ground when it comes to issues of a populace being effectively held captive. Once achieving that commonality of purpose, the military wing of the U.N. must grow some teeth. The people of the U.S. have the right intentions, I'm talking about the people here not the administration. It is in the application of those intentions that creates the problems. The situation in Iran has existed for quite a few years now. There are many signs that the policies are changing slowly but surely through the efforts of several prominent Iranians. I think the Iranian people should be given every opportunity to resolve the problems that exist in Iran on their own. This will produce a much stronger and stable government in the long run. Any military action by the U.S. at this point would prove anything but productive. If, in some deep part of our minds, we can find justification for the Iraq campaign, we must at least recognize that Iran is not being held captive by some dictator. It is much more difficult to justify an attack there. It's time that the U.N. started doing the job for which it was created and act in a timely enough manner to make any difference.