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Rudy Woke ’em Up; Now UN Diplomats Must Act pl New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is whom inconclusive discussions and foggy no diplomat. That’s acompliment—at least in statements often substitute for any sort of ac- ly nuanced, attenuated and soporific speech that would offend no one and stir no one’s soul. § the context ofthe extraordinary addresson ter- tion. “The evidence of terrorism’s brutality What they got was a bracing blast of, rorism he delivered with characteristic blunt- and inhumanity, of its contempt for life and ness and controlled passion to the diplomats at the concept of peace, is lying beneath the rub- Giuliani-style oratory. Nothing fancy. Some- ■ thing like a collective trip to the principal’s of­ a the United Nations Monday. ble of the World Trade Center less than two fice with a whiff of fire-and-brimstone thrown Giuliani’s direct and unadorned message miles from where we meet today," in. and, to lighten the mood, a shameless bit of was:It’stimenowtotakeactionagainstterror- That was Giuliani at his in-your-face best, NewYorkCityboosterismattheend;Takeina o ism, not to talk about it; if you are not with us, And the diplomats loved it. It was a refreshing show, go to a restaurant, show terrorists we you’re against us; and if a nation harbors ter- jolt for many who consider themselve.s not onlj' don’t fear them. Hizzoner got a thunderous O rorists and won’t kick them out, it must be emissaries of their nations but also citizens of round ofwell-deserved standing applause. o H madeapariahhy the family ofnations. New York City, The last thing they needed to Now the UN diplomats must do their part co H “This is not the time for further study or hear about the atrocity committed in the very euid live up to the grand promise ofa global coa- w vague directives," he told an audience for city that hosts themwas another painstaking- lition against terror. to 5^

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