More on Malloch Brown Posted by Suzanne Nossel

So I asked him whether any US candidate or policy-maker could advocate unequivocal support for the UN, given that the tensions at the organization are so fundamental.  The impasses with the G77 come not just because of pique against the Bush Administration's policies, but because the UN is the primary forum where a very fundamental tension between the superpower and all the others gets played out.  This was also true during the Clinton years.

His response was essentially that all he's asking is a return to Clinton-era policies - a better relationship but not necessarily a great one.  If so, take-it-or-leave-it demands, periodic sidestepping of the UN, sporadic non-payment of dues, conditionality etc. may all be part of the package.   So his expectations are not as high - or unrealistic - as it originally sounded.

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[Paul Laroque]

Mallach's comments on Hezbollah is a disgrace and an embarrassment. The evidence overwhelmingly support the fact that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization no more or less, period.

FYI, I have deep British roots and am proud of my British history, the politics of Europe still has me a skeptic, and will be for a long time to come.