Jonah, don’t be too hard on yourself. The UN does suck…and on this issue. It fails to place the blame for North Korean poverty where it belongs…with Kim Jong Il. (The biggest “market reform” would be to dump the communist regime, right?) Once again, just like in Saddam’s Iraq, the UN “humanitarians” are making it easier for a dictator to prop up his military programs at the expense of his people. You’d think the liberals would be against that. For a wider take on the UN’s North Korea findings, see here and here.

You can also get a flavor of the UN chatter from this release in March.