Hat tip Lucianne.comIraq is too perilous now for greater United Nations participation in the country's reconstruction, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the day after being shaken in Baghdad by an explosion so close he felt the shock wave and ducked in fear.
"Iraq is still very dangerous," Ban told reporters today in Cairo. "I do not think the security situation has sufficiently convinced me that the UN should do something at this time. But, basically as a matter of principle, I am of the view that the UN should do more."
If Ban Ki-moon turns out to be the kind of Secretary-General who does nothing at all, it would be far better for the world than the result of his two activist predecessors. |