U.N. as Political Machine

The United Nations acts like the political machine in Detroit, says a Michigan Congressman. It's the best description I've heard yet:

"Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, Michigan Republican, told a House International Relations Committee hearing last week that the U.N. oil-for-food scandal reminded him of down-home political influence-buying and corruption in his Wayne County district. 'In many ways, we are seeing a political machine that is accused of doing something wrong and the tactics that the machine uses to defend itself are quite similar,' he said. 'There will be confusion, distraction and an internal investigation controlled by the machine, the results of which may or may not be for public consumption. And it is all to defend the institution.'"

This is the institution from which we're supposed to seek legitimacy for our foreign policy?