What's the Difference Between the UN and the Catholic Church?

The UN has guns.

So, many media outlets have been giving credit to WikiLeaks for exposing rampant sex abuse by UN Peace Keepers. Uhm... no. This is just one more "already knew this" item that these guys are putting out there. This is not new, although on the bright side maybe people will pay more attention to this problem.

In 2008 the headlines read "Child Sex Abuse by UN Still Rampant..." (emphasis on the "still" is mine), and in 2005 CBS reported that somebody in the UN was maybe, possibly, talking about doing something about it. This is where they get all Catholic: "Currently, U.N. troops and employees accused of wrongdoing are sent home to be dealt with by their own government but are often never punished."

A 2010 cable from the US embassy investigating the misconduct of Beninese Peacekeepers is not some great discovery. The most sickening thing is that its business as usual for the UN, and the people in charge are saying ridiculous things like "we see it as a command and control problem."

The US provides somewhere around 20-25% of UN funding. The US sends tax payer money to the UN. The UN deploys troops around the world. There is a consistent pattern of abuse and corruption among these troops, with very little punishment for inappropriate behavior (to put it mildly). At least we can choose to not support the Catholic church.

Command and control? There is neither. Let's also mention the capability of UN Peacekeepers to bring foreign strains of disease into disaster areas if some particular governments don't screen their Peace Keepers properly!