Feedback | 3 May 2003

Comment on Why I nearly resigned by Mark Steyn (26/04/2003)

I have only recently come across Mark Steyn and have been impressed by both his insight and wit – I’m delighted that he has decided to stay on at the Spectator. Reading the archives, his predictions post 9-11 have proven almost prophetic on the UN topic. On the latest article I agree with the argument that the UN lacks any sort of coherent vision and is incapable of decisive action, either in war or post-war. However I do understand, if not agree with, the psychological steps taken by people who say that now is the time to attend to the rifts that have emerged in the West. It would be nice to have a united front and now the main threat appears to have been eliminated and the objective of the war achieved, why not throw a bone magnanimously to the anti-war camp to kiss and make up? “Now that we’ve done something that was unpopular with the Arabs, let’s do something to try to get them back onside and sterilise these fertile breeding grounds for extremism.”