OpEdNews - Page 4 of Article: Hugo Chavez

G: Bush, a typical Christian, feels persecuted because he is not being obeyed by the World.

The president of the United States came to talk to the peoples -- to the peoples of the world. He came to say -- I brought some documents with me, because this morning I was reading some statements, and I see that he talked to the people of Afghanistan, the people of Lebanon, the people of Iran. And he addressed all these peoples directly.

And you can wonder, just as the president of the United States addresses those peoples of the world, what would those peoples of the world tell him if they were given the floor? What would they have to say?

G: Perfect question! What would US citizens say and do if Bush was a foreign President doing to the US what he is doing to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and South American countries?

And I think I have some inkling of what the peoples of the south, the oppressed people think. They would say, "Yankee imperialist, go home." I think that is what those people would say if they were given the microphone and if they could speak with one voice to the American imperialists.

G: OK King George. If we are not welcome, what are we doing there now? If corporation interests are the answer, get honest with your agenda. Screw your hidden National Security cover-ups! You just don't want people to stand up and stop you from doing what you are doing.

And that is why, Madam President, my colleagues, my friends, last year we came here to this same hall as we have been doing for the past eight years, and we said something that has now been confirmed - fully, fully confirmed.

I don't think anybody in this room could defend the system. Let's accept - let's be honest. The U.N. system, born after the Second World War, collapsed. It's worthless.

G: Wow! Exposing the toothless, puppet, paper Tigre before the World. Bravo!

Oh, yes, it's good to bring us together once a year, see each other, make statements and prepare all kinds of long documents, and listen to good speeches, like Abel's yesterday, or President Mullah's . Yes, it's good for that.

And there are a lot of speeches, and we've heard lots from the president of Sri Lanka, for instance, and the president of Chile.

But we, the assembly, have been turned into a merely deliberative organ. We have no power, no power to make any impact on the terrible situation in the world. And that is why Venezuela once again proposes, here, today, 20 September, that we re-establish the United Nations.

G: He is challanging the UN to get some teeth!

Last year, Madam, we made four modest proposals that we felt to be crucially important. We have to assume the responsibility our heads of state, our ambassadors, our representatives, and we have to discuss it.

G: "We have to assume the responsibility our heads of state" - Alrighty then! You go, Sir Hugo!

The first is expansion, and Mullah talked about this yesterday right here. The Security Council, both as it has permanent and non-permanent categories, (inaudible) developing countries and LDCs must be given access as new permanent members. That's step one.

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