>You seem to have picked up on points in the
>admittedly inadequate précis I did of the
>introductory paragraph rather than the essence of his argument. As to
>trusting the UN any more than any particular national government - isn't it
>a bit naïve to assume it has some sort of relative autonomy from the big
>powers? I'm also not sure what 'self-styled radical groups' refers to.
You're still new around here huh? ;-)