The U.N. in action

They want to run the Internet, but they can't figure out Microsoft Word.

It seems they forgot to accept all changes and save as before sending out a redacted report on the Syrian assassination of the leader of a neighboring country.

As we say around the office "oops!"

The report read "Maher Assad, Assef Shawkat, Hassan Khalil, Bahjat Suleyman and Jamil Al-Sayyed decided to assassinate Rafik Hariri." and SecGen Annan, not wanting to hurt the sensitive feelings of brutal dictators, changed it to "senior Lebanese and Syrian officials decided to assassinate Rafik Hariri. "

Stunning. Complain about the Bush Administration all you want, friends, but keep in mind that the democrats (and Lachrymose George Voinovich) thought that John Bolton might not be deferential enough to represent the US at the UN. My GOP gives me heartburn on a regular basis, but I will sleep pretty well knowing I'm on the right side of US/UN relations.

UPDATE: Taranto nails it, view with HTML

Posted by jk at October 24, 2005 4:30 PM