The United Nations is exposed as an organization stifled by fear of offending member states, to the point where countries committing genocide are active members of human rights committees. The film, by Ami Horowitz, is urgently important and exposes the ramifications of intense bureaucracy and excessive political correctness run amuck. His approach is entertainment, coupled with harsh reality.
If any film could evoke laughter and tears simultaneously, it is the film, U.N. Me.
The entertaining documentary has many different layers. Mr. Horowitz and his seasoned staff bring home the message repeatedly that no accountability and poor oversight of UN peacekeepers, in addition to the irrational pledges of support for governments who knowingly and actively engage in, or stand aside while human rights abuses are rampant, contribute to a culture that is unable to address any problems with real effectiveness.
Mr. Horowitz repeatedly finds himself in situations that are so outrageous (ie, having a conversation with a spokesperson from Iran discussing "moral relativism" and somehow justifying the suppression of women because deep down, that is really what they want) that one cannot help but wonder...how dare the United States continue supporting this venerable institution without demanding results or, at the very least, accountability?
Horowitz has an interesting background. His switch from being an investment banker to filmmaker may seem perplexing; however, he is following his calling, his life purpose, in exposing inconsistencies and bias from the UN, and others. The Huffington Post noted that his new career must have been in reaction to having his head hit by a rock.
Everyone should see this movie and demand accountability for the billions of taxpayer dollars sunk into the privileged, elite, sheltered and stifled world of the United Nations. Ami Horowitz should be praised for effectively and tirelessly bringing his audience the facts, while exposing the fraud that is the UN.
As Horowitz hopefully stated in an interview with Newsmax.com, "We're tackling what I think is a fundamentally important issue which is our relationship with the United Nations and the abject failure of the U.N. to live up to its founding principles."
In regard to conservatives creating movies, Ami Horowitz sees a gap, "In the film arena — documentary, feature films — we've really failed abysmally to really catch fire and to create high quality entertainment. It's unfortunate. We really try to reverse that trend." This trend is on the sure path to being reversed, if this film is any indication of things to come.
The movie is U.N. Me and it can be seen on-demand. Watch the trailer here.
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It is a nice Concept that everyone would have a Home. Hence, the Housing catastrophe. It is a nice Concept that everyone would have Health Care; hence, the Obamacare catastrophe; it is a nice Concept that everyone could have a supportive Income; hence, our Fiscal crisis. Unfortunately, we live in a Fallen World...therefore, without the altruism of a decent-Valued and Freely-giving Society, Stage 2 can only involve stealing from one to give to another...and it is a Value-less and narcissistic Society (and World) which prevents...
The Leftist mind is incapable of taking a "nice" idea to its' logical consequence, because the Leftist does not accept the reality and the importance of Values. That all Nations understood and cherished the importance of Values and Morality would ensure success in a venture such as the U.N. That all People did would ensure a Societies success, as well.
Unfortunately, they don't.
But then, again, you come from the perspective of decency and altruism. Please don't make the mistake that all have your Heart...for, they do not...
The "misguided," you might think, could be remedied with didact. Yet, the devious remain...
If we mistake Wisdom for cynicism, we do so at our own Peril; as one is as beautiful as the other is ugly.
They are not one-in-the-same :)
McCain was right, there should be a league of democracies. No other organization could be called "United" with a straight face.
Good work if you can get it; the perks are second-to-none.
Is this sort of conflict something new? In the Iraq war, the US partnered with "The Coalition of the Willing" which included Uzbekistan which boils political dissidents. The US has also supported (including funding of) dictators, who committed genocide, like Pol Pot (who killed over a million people for "infractions" like wearing eyeglasses) and Augusto Pinochet. We even increased our funding to Saddam Hussein the year after he gassed his own people.
So what makes the criteria for the UN any different?
By all means; pick another outrage and shoot for the lowest common denominator...the very foolish reason these outrages continue...
It's the attitude that makes it hypocritical, and that was my sub-theme opinion reference to your article. That's the idea in an "opinion" forum, like Gather, no? I could just go along and "address the problem" by saying "how horrible," but what point would it serve anyway, other than adding to the cheering section of "hypocritical" righteous indignation.
I appreciate your psychological analysis of me though. Do I still have 54 minutes left?
It is equally strange that one who continuously does this is also constantly on the blame for America. Again, Robert; She is not without Her blemishes; that does not preclude Her from being the Beauty of the World.
It is the Ideal that we must strive for, Sir...nothing less.
One problem at a time, Basher...one problem at a time.