| "Durban"--Will We Ever Learn the Lesson? Not on Our Dime
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr., Washington Times
December 18, 2007
Few spectacles have more clearly demonstrated what is wrong with the United Nations than the U.N. World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa in September 2001.
Thanks to the domination of that conclave by a substantial majority led by the most despotic — and racist — regimes on the planet, "Durban" became synonymous with unbridled vilification of the United States and Israel. Even the most pro-U.N. secretary of state in memory, Colin Powell, was so infuriated by the proceeding that he felt constrained to walk out.
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