Love it or leave it?

Commenting on Victor Davis Hanson's editorial in the Wall Street Journal ("The U.N.? Who Cares?" Sept. 23, 2004), Thomas Krannawitter has a good suggestion for Kofi Annan:

But nations that don’t know the principles or language of freedom will never achieve freedom. Hanson is right to point out that, “Like the U.N. membership itself, [Kofi Annan] enjoys the freedom, affluence and security of a New York, but never stops to ask why that is so or how it might be extended to others less fortunate.”

If the United Nations does not think of America as a model of freedom to be followed by others around the globe -- if America is merely one among many nations, neither better nor worse but only different -- then maybe the U.N. should seriously consider relocating itself to some place such as…oh, maybe Libya. Any nation responsible enough to chair the United Nations Human Rights Commission should be responsible enough to host the United Nations, right?

Or maybe the United Nations might move to Sudan? It might be instructive: when the Human Rights Commission meets to discuss violations of human rights, they could simply look out the window to witness beatings, gang rapes, and enslavement. What could make their discussions more edifying?

How about it, Kofi? -- It's been said that "absence makes the heart grow fonder."