Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #613670 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Hard to believe its true!
Its hard to believe the personal account of the author. A former FBI agent, he is appointed by the US Government to head up the department of political affairs during the cold war. I read the full text but you can probably get the most out of the book by reading chapters 9-14. The complex machine of the UN and its relationship with the US Government is interesting. The author provokes serious thought in the mind of the reader - sometimes the truth is so far fetched it seems difficult to believe. This is not an academic text. The author has a specific humour which appeals to me but some readers may not connect with it. Humour is probably his coping mechanism for working/surviving within the UN Secretariat. The author raises the possibilities of the UN Headquarters being used as an oasis for the militants behind the 911 attacks in New York and Washington. The rational being that the UN building is above the scruitiny of the FBI and other federal or US government (or any other government's) powers or authority. The UN continues to behave itself unseemly in an ugly blatent manner. Amen for honesty in print.

Pestilential swamp
In his compelling expose', the author reveals the incompetence and the criminal activities of this accursed organization as he experienced it for more than a decade from 1984. In an acerbic and humorous style, he lifts the lid on the massive waste perpetrated by the useless and often devious parasites that infest Turtle Bay and other UN offices worldwide. As such, Sanjuan provides us with a lively portrait of the nature and habits of the denizens of this reeking swamp.

Waste and incompetence are the least of it, unfortunately. Drug dealing, theft, nepotism, large-scale corruption, espionage, the selling of weapons and the manufacturing of propaganda against the USA and Israel are some of the other activities observed by the author. Sanjuan mentions the names of certain individuals and the figures involved in some instances of corruption.

In the 1980s, the Secretariat was dominated by Soviet spies who also completely controlled the UN library. Since the end of the Cold War the influence of Islamic extremists has increased. He suggests that attacks against Israel and the US might even have been planned at the UN. It seems plausible that UN employees helped to gather information for the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. On 9/11, certain staff openly gloated about the atrocity.

Most disturbing of all is the rampant Antisemitism that permeates the organization at all levels. Shocked by what he observed, the author made it his duty to try to combat and expose this sinister obsession of the UN. Sanjuan deals with Waldheim, Perez de Cuellar, Boutros Ghali and Kofi Annan. The Oil For Food scam is discussed in detail and it becomes clear that Annan knew more than he has acknowledged up to now.

The author concludes the book with 10 proposed reforms that may bring about transparency and efficiency. Of course, nothing will come of this. This irredeemably corrupt and loathsome organization cannot be reformed. One can only hope that the American taxpayers who are funding these parasites will one day decide that enough is enough. The best outcome would be if the USA kicks the ghastly institution out of the country.

For further information, I recommend Tower of Babble: How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos by Dore Gold, Inside the Asylum: Why the United Nations and Old Europe Are Worse Than You Think by Jed Babbin, Global Deception by Joseph A Klein, The Beast on the East River by Nathan Tabor and Nations United: How the United Nations Is Undermining Israel and the West by Alex Grobman and The UN Exposed by Eric Shawn.