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# Posted 1:52 PM by Taylor Owen

SEC GEN STRAW POLL: The results of the General Assembly straw poll are in.

1. South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon
2. UN official Shashi Tharoor of India
3. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai
4. Jordan's ambassador to the United Nations, Prince Zeid al-Hussein
5. Jayantha Dhanapala of Sri Lanka, a former head of the UN disarmament department.

Of course, the poll doesn’t mean that much as the chosen one must be security council veto proof. Me, I’m still hoping for the dark horse Canadian…

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Comments:

I'd much prefer John Bolton.

# posted by

John : 2:08 PM

haha. touché.

# posted by

Taylor Owen : 2:22 PM

I thought the dark horse Canadian was going to be Maurice Strong.

# posted by

Anonymous : 3:33 PM

In addition a Latvian has entered and the US has suggested that they might not be happy with the current state of affairs.

See http://chapter15.wordpress.com for details.

# posted by

Anonymous : 6:26 PM

I'd much prefer Patrick Belton.

# posted by

Anonymous : 11:14 PM

4. Jordan's ambassador to the United Nations, Prince Zeid al-Hussein

A prince replacing Kofi would be about what I expect from the U.N.

# posted by

Anonymous : 11:25 PM

Louise Arbour?! That's a joke, right?

# posted by

Jacob : 2:42 PM

How about Canadian Romeo Dallaire, former commander of UN forces on the ground in Rwanda (who wrote a scathing book about the UN's failure to respond).

# posted by

OTW : 7:59 PM

Dallaire is fantastic, a diplomat he is not, however. Maybe if we get Senate term limits he will jump back into the UN world...

# posted by

Taylor Owen : 8:28 PM

Too bad Oscar Arias Sanchez isn't available. His commitment to democracy is second-to-none and he may have strong enough anti-American credentials to appease the usual suspects.

Kim Dae Jung might work along similar lines. And Kim Jong Il wouldn't be a bad choice, since there's a lot less damage to do in Turtle Bay. ;)

# posted by

Ariel David Adesnik : 11:04 PM