Euroweenies: Colum Lynch reports in the Washington Post that European Countries Cut Deal to Protect Afghan Peacekeepers. My, my! Don't that beat all? The Euros who have been ragging on the Bush administration for misgivings about the International Criminal Court (sic), have quietly done a deal in Afghanistan giving all their peacekeepers immunity from the court's authority. But somehow it's different when the USA wants a similar deal for its UN peacekeepers?

Instead of chopping logic with these loons, why don't we do the obvious: not participate in any UN peacekeeping activities? In the few situations where an intervention is in the national interest of the USA, the UN adds nothing but distraction and leads to aberrations like leaving Saddam Hussein in power after the Gulf War. Of course, while we are at it, we could cut straight to the heart of the matter and withdraw from the United Nations completely. A collection of ego-driven bureaucrats propped up by third world dictators isn't exactly good company. As for the Euros, back to your comic books.