I KNOW that the idea behind having elected members of the community is to allow them to determine our future.
But it concerns me that we find they regularly get it so wrong when we try to fathom why they took certain actions.
History shows that when political leaders of all sides fail to provide anything to improve our way of life, they then try to become international players in order to justify their positions.
The present direction of our Prime Minister in trying to get an Australian elected to the United Nations Security Council is another decision that causes me distress.
The last time Australia held that position was when Kevin Rudd was running our show. His successful attempt to achieve this goal cost the Australian community somewhere between A$30-$40m.
Seriously, should we be spending that much hay on such a frivolous task?
If your thinking is towards the need for a successfully working United Nations organisation, then wouldn’t we be much better citizens if Australia were to freely donate A$30 to A$40 million to one of their projects, rather than the feel-good, self-aggrandising deal of getting one of their political faithfuls a job on the UN gravy train?
Is this job really money well spent?
The public is entitled to ask the question: What has the UN achieved since WWII? We know its cost in financial terms has been huge.
How many wars have been prevented? Because I can’t think of any that the UN has stopped.
Its purpose seems to be as a reward or resting place for burnt-out or displaced political luminaries who may have done favours for the promoters and financiers of the UN.
As for its subsidiary quango called the World Bank, what a farcical instrument that has become.
It hands out loans to emerging countries and, again, I can’t find details of any loan that has ever been repaid.
If our world has become one in which those screaming the loudest receive funds disguised as a World Bank loan, with little chance of ever being repaid, then you can guess as to where most of those funds are diverted.
By John BLACKBOURN
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