What, Me Wimpy?

“Sometimes I may look like a weak, soft leadership,” Ban said in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. “You may look at me as a soft person, but I have inner strength. This is what normally people from the outside world would have some difficulty in seeing — people from Asia particularly, when we regard humility, a humbleness, as a very important virtue.”

Ban spoke to reporters after being reached at a  Manhattan salon, where he was receiving a pedicure, facial, exfoliation,  and pore-cleansing treatment.

It came up at yesterday’s hearing, too.  Rep. Tancredo spoke of Ban’s “pro-Chinese” orientation, which also sounds about right to me.  I think Ban is an awful choice, and I hope there’s still time to stop him.  On the other hand, if you think the U.N. ought to go  stick to vaccinations, Ban is your man.  Institutions like NATO and the Proliferation Security Initiative are already taking over the “adult” business of international security, and the U.N. will become a ghetto for the likes of Hugo Chavez.