So What Are We, Already?

Just a few short months ago, the UN and Kofi Annan were decrying our "unilateralism" in opposition to the "international community." Today, he is complaining about Israel violating the "road map" put forth by the "international community."

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but someone who is persona non grata cannot be part of the community. The UN leadership that fretted so about our neglect and disdain for the international community is now trying to hijack our ideas as their own, as though nothing ever happened.

We cannot allow this to happen. The United States is the only power with the will and the power to effective enforce the "road map." Why should we engage in the process and suffer the consequences only to let the French and the UN reap the rewards?

The peace process in the Middle East is going to be a long, arduous process, as proven by the various fits and false starts of the past 25 or so years.

The UN is completely incapable of seeing the process through. Europe (Britain excluded) hasn't got the power nor the will to back their words. Which leaves only us.

And the rest of the world knows it. We are the only nation willing to stare down the Arab street, while simultaneously leaning on Israel. The rest of the world knows that we are the only nation, that despite our closeness with Israel, will search for a truly just peace.

So, the UN, in a fit of trying to prove itself relevant again, is trying to hijack our road map to the peace process; they're trying to make it their own. If the bureaucrats of the UN can figure out to spin this into a great victory for transmultinationalism, then they can use it to attempt to beat future US Administrations into submission to the idols of the "international community."

So what are we? Are we a "member of the international community" as defined by Kofi Annan? Or, are we going to stand our ground and be the United States, free and independent - and unilateral when it is in our interests or it suits us? Kofi wants to control us; maybe we should remind him of our history and our government as described by Lincoln at Gettysburg:

"Government of the people, by the people and for the people"

Sorry, but the UN and the "international community" doesn't meet that standard.

Kofi and Company can try and try and try to steal our ideas and present them as our own. We should accept his help and criticism where it is valid, but we should not allow him to complain about violations of the road map as though they are a personal affront. It's not his map; it's not his idea. It is ours. And we need to keep it that way.