Pointing Fingers

Oh, good, the United Nerds are getting involved over North Korea!

A top UN envoy on Friday blamed both the United States and North Korea for what he called an unhelpful war of words over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.

The comments by Maurice Strong, special advisor to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, came after North Korea said publicly on Thursday that it had nuclear weapons and that it would pull out of six-party talks about its programme.

"It does elevate the climate of hostility and misunderstanding that has been the main impediment -- a major impediment at least -- to the continued discussions," Strong told a press briefing at UN headquarters in New York.

This proves once again that you should only expect management, not leadership, from the incompetent bureaucrats at the United Nations.