U.N. should focus on Syria

Regarding the United Nations Summit “The Future We Want”: The U.N. had another of its infamous meetings of 50,000 attendees. The largest ever, they plan to spend $513 billion to bring clean water, sanitation and energy to the world’s poor, without “further degrading the planet,” all of this terrific boondoggle going on while the U.N. removes its observers from Syria, where the thuggish Assad tyranny murders its people.

If they are really interested in not degrading the planet, they should travel to Homs, Syria, to see some real degrading. Shouldn’t this be the U.N.’s business?

Instead, the carefully protected diplomats, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, intone that “We need fresh, agile, action-oriented partnerships that can produce results year after year.” Show us the results please, any results – and how about some agility in dealing with the Assad tyranny?

John A. Peterson

Spokane