To be sure: this is absolutely and entirely a cynical, self-interested move. It's also the right thing to do. Who knows; maybe by the end of 2002 or a few months into 2003, we could have the whole thing paid off! After all, Jesse Helms -- who has singlehandedly opposed and blocked UN payments for years -- will be gone, Strom Thurmond will be gone, the Senate and House may be more inclined to view the UN in a favorable light. (In other words, if all goes somewhat well, Congress will be thinking, "Will nobody take Afghanistan off our hands?")
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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