UN Is Pretty Shameless
Despite opposing the war in Iraq for reasons related to its cost and probability of success, I am perfectly able to cheer the recent elections and wish the Iraqis all the best (more here); unlike many who seem to root for Iraqi failure, I would be thrilled to be proved wrong. However, despite being more upbeat about Iraq, I am not shameless enough for suddenly try to somehow ex-post-facto take credit for the results of a war I opposed.
But that is exactly what the UN is doing in recent blogads from the UN Foundation. What's more, the ad taking credit for Iraqi elections is probably the least outlandish of the two. The second, trying to push the benefits of an oil for food program that has proved completely riven with corruption, is just insane.
By the way, the UN is running these ads at the same time it is happily allowing genocide to proceed unchecked in Darfur. Of course, the UN won't call it geneocide.
