Re: non military license for ada

[Dale Stanbrough <dstanbro@bigpond.net.au>]

Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote:

> Christopher Browne wrote:
> > There seems a fair chance that this will have a pretty destructive
> > effect on the credibility of the UN
> 
> The UN has no credibility. They are a bunch of buffoons,
> occasionally useful as a beard.

They clearly have no credibility with -you-, however credibility
is a matter of perception, and it thus a personal issue.

Are you saying that you think UNICEF is totally useless, or that
the UN troops stationed in Crete have had no effect? If not, then
surely they have -some- credibility in your eyes.

> 
> > It's rather interesting that the main recent markets for Iraqi oil,
> > and the main recent suppliers of weapons to Iraq, happen to be the
> > very same countries opposing UN intervention.
> 
> Not surprising at all. Business is business.
> Principled behavior is rare, alas.

I suspect it's not that bad. People tend to notice bad things
more often than they notice good things.

Dale