He didn't say what kind of role
The US Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United Nations will have a role in rebuilding Iraq after Saddam is gone.He said the exact role "remains to be seen" but added that discussions were continuing and "resolutions might be appropriate as we move forward".
Suggested roles for the U.N.:
Serving meals and drinks to those rebuilding Iraq
Washing the Humvees
Working the PX
I'm sure you have more
Comments
Candy stripers!
Posted by: NC | April 3, 2003 10:48 AM
Septic tanks, port-a-potties, sewers. That's the UN's real area of expertise.
Posted by: Gregg the obscure | April 3, 2003 10:50 AM
Bunker cleanup. Bring own squeegee.
Posted by: datarat | April 3, 2003 10:56 AM
Pool boy!
Posted by: Joe Dougherty | April 3, 2003 10:58 AM
Hans Blix as pool boy?
I think NOT!
Posted by: michele | April 3, 2003 10:59 AM
Grave diggers.
Posted by: Jay Caruso | April 3, 2003 11:07 AM
Actually, Jay, the UN is already almost done digging its own grave.
Posted by: David Jaroslav | April 3, 2003 11:23 AM
They might be competent enough to run the DMV...maybe a stretch.
If not, how about flagmen during road reconstruction. I'm sure France could bring all of their white flags over and wave them at the traffic!
Posted by: Odd | April 3, 2003 11:24 AM
Excellent source of hot air on those cold Iraqi nights.
Posted by: Jim | April 3, 2003 11:32 AM
No, no, no. The U.N. wouldn't work the PX. They'd pass resolutions resolving to resolve the resolution to resolve resolutions resolving the resolution to work the PX.
Posted by: Ryan | April 3, 2003 11:41 AM
Perhaps they could form some sort of consortium where they will rebuild the government and establish laws and doctrines to keep the stability of the region in place, orrrrrr .... Hot dog vendors !!!!
Posted by: Kevin | April 3, 2003 11:50 AM
Perhaps they could act self-righteous, jabber incessantly, spout nonsense, run in circles, and get in everybody's way.
Just a suggestion.
Posted by: atombob | April 3, 2003 11:52 AM
won't they be too busy moving the U.N. to Paris where they belong?
Posted by: patrick | April 3, 2003 12:03 PM
Greg is spot on. The U.N. excels at one thing - shit. There'll be plenty of latrines that need to be dug, porta-potties emptied, septic systems that need to be drained, sewers that need attention, waste teatment facilities that require someone to scrub with a tooth brush - that pretty much describes what the U.N. can do in Iraq and even then I feel they'd need adult supervision.
Posted by: Nothus | April 3, 2003 12:08 PM
Hmmm... waiters, latrine-diggers and car-washers. Sounds like the U.N. might be able to manage that, provided we institute the "daily random shootings" policy I've been advocating for years.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | April 3, 2003 12:32 PM
Hans Blix- slave girl
Posted by: carol | April 3, 2003 12:34 PM
Boot polishers.
Posted by: Jaime | April 3, 2003 12:35 PM
Kwiki-Mart franchisees
Posted by: Loyal Citizen & Imperial Rat-Keeper Victor | April 3, 2003 12:43 PM
Targets.
Posted by: Loyal Citizen & Imperial Rat-Keeper Victor | April 3, 2003 12:43 PM
well, the UN is pointless teh general assembly has long since been left behind and now the security council is starting to find that politics is a disease that spreads beyond the swill of political words...
Posted by: nels | April 3, 2003 01:07 PM
What they can REALLY do is go door-to-door and apologize to the Iraqi people for allowing that butcher to stay in power. Especially to those who lost loved ones, and there must be many.
Posted by: Rocket | April 3, 2003 01:12 PM
What they can REALLY do is go door-to-door and apologize to the Iraqi people for allowing that butcher to stay in power. Especially to those who lost loved ones, and there must be many.
Posted by: Rocket | April 3, 2003 01:12 PM
perhaps one role could be feeding all those starving people that will be left when the US hauls ass out of there and expects someone else to clean the mess up? oh I forgot this is meant to be witty...
Posted by: Jim | April 3, 2003 01:25 PM
perhaps one role could be feeding all those starving people that will be left when the US hauls ass out of there and expects someone else to clean the mess up? oh I forgot this is meant to be witty...
Posted by: Anonymous | April 3, 2003 01:25 PM
perhaps one role could be feeding all those starving people that will be left when the US hauls ass out of there and expects someone else to clean the mess up? oh I forgot this is meant to be witty...
Posted by: Anonymous | April 3, 2003 01:26 PM
Jim, dude, you best cut back on the caffeine. You've apparently got the shakes real bad.
Posted by: Ryan | April 3, 2003 01:46 PM
nah - just had a big ugly man from delta force breathing down my neck
Posted by: Anonymous | April 3, 2003 01:51 PM
I like the door to door idea...Amway sales?
Posted by: a different Bill | April 3, 2003 02:01 PM
Telemarketer or Weatherman.
Posted by: Liz | April 3, 2003 03:24 PM
Jay Caruso suggests "Grave diggers"
The existing hasty graves will have to be opened first, the dead disinterred, identified, autopsied, and respectfully reinterred. Evidence will be collected for the war crimes trials.
Note to UN burial details: under your surgical mask, a dab of VapoRub on the upper lip works very well to suppress the stench of the dead. You'll need it.
Posted by: Fuz | April 3, 2003 03:27 PM
I wouldn't let the UN administration anywhere near the PX. Imagine what they'd walk away with while our people are out building a new, democratic Iraq...
Posted by: Jeff Medcalf | April 3, 2003 03:54 PM
Goat herders! (My apologies to the goats).
Elizabeth
Imperial Keeper of Killer Lagomorphs
Posted by: Elizabeth | April 3, 2003 04:12 PM
Post War Iraq:
The U.N. has been entertaining Iraqi children by organizing scavenger hunts. The Iraqi children hide items around their homes and challenge the U.N. members to find them.
Tired of contiually being outsmarted by Iraqi children and never being able to locate any of the hidden items, U.N. workers introduce Iraqi children to checkers.
Posted by: Brent | April 3, 2003 04:24 PM
I don't like that second one - I doubt it's a good idea to let the UN anywhere near our SUVs!
Posted by: Dodd | April 3, 2003 06:39 PM
Mosque rug cleaners.
Posted by: David | April 3, 2003 07:37 PM
Fanning our boys at the officers' club. (Mighty hot over there.)
Posted by: Sean | April 3, 2003 11:34 PM
Blow jobs for coalition troops. Dominique is pretty.
Posted by: Melissa | April 4, 2003 12:33 AM
Pimps
Posted by: Ken Summers | April 4, 2003 09:27 AM
Everyday is their day in the barrel.
(You all know the old joke about the new guy in the lumber camp.)
Posted by: fontroll | April 4, 2003 12:35 PM