  Isn't it always, really? The U.N., under its inauspicious leader, has kicked off an urlLink AIDS conference in Bangkok (with an 80s song and chess references now running through my head), having the gaul to challenge the world to tackle the problem of HIV and AIDS in Africa. Not because it's not a world problem - it is, but because the man with the least credibility for action on anything is demanding action from those enabling him to have the least credibility for action on anything. The Thai prime minister, as the good host, has announced that Thailand will contribute $5 million over 5 years to the U.N. to fight AIDS.
Gee. Wow. AIDS in Thailand is enough of a problem. I'm not sure it's good policy for Thailand to send money out-of-country. All that $5 million is doing is gaining favor with largest network of con-men and thieves in the history of the civilized world. And there is a good argument that most of the UN member countries are far from civilized. The United Nations is one giant RICO violation waiting to happen. The question is whether the US Attorney in the Southern District of New York has the cahoonas to seek an indictment. But here's how the United States, the leader in fighting AIDS worldwide, was treated Organizers criticized a U.S. decision to send a pared-down delegation that forced some researchers to cancel presentations, with delegates saying they believe it was a message that the conference wasn't focused enough on abstinence.
The U.S. stance sends "a strange signal" from the largest donor nation to anti-AIDS efforts, conference co-chairman Joep Lange said. "These ideological games are very counterproductive," he said. Ideological games? urlLink $15 billion over five years has been earmarked to fight the world AIDS epidemic. AIDS spreads in the third world precisely because of promiscuity, not despite it. If anyone is playing ideological games, it's the United Nations. They debate purposelessly, and we act decisively. We put out money where our mouth is. They take money out of the mouths of Iraqi children. If AIDS will be defeated, it will be defeated like any other encroaching destructive force on this planet.
It will be defeated by the United States. There is certainly a good urlLink national security and economics argument for controlling and rolling back the AIDS epidemic (which I will write more on later). And we are currently doing a lot right now to make sure that urlLink happens . UPDATE: It's quite possible urlLink Bill Gates (who, by the way, is an American) has spent more money fighting AIDs than the rest of the world combined. UPDATE: If it wasn't for the picture, I would have thought I had found Bill Gates urlLink pseudonym . 
