Leaving Turtle Bay?

Every once in a while when you peruse the news, certain articles just jump out at you for totally different reasons.

Most people know that many in the US want nothing more than to kick the UN out of Turtle Bay and back across the pond. Many outside the US would like that as well. But its quite another thing to see a couple of academics propose to move the UN out and into a place specifically mentioned in Biblical fiction.

For those of you who haven't read them, in the Left Behind series, the antichrist (Nicolae Carpathia) moves the UN out of Turtle Bay after becoming UN Secretary-General and moves it to a refurbished Babylon (called New Babylon). There has been speculation among Biblical prophecy scholars that Babylon might be rebuilt and become the world capital (I've wrote about it before) but there has been equal speculation about the spiritually corrupt Babylon refering to Rome, New York, and a host of other cities.

Despite the author's good points, I doubt the UN will leave Turtle Bay soon. New York is cushy and UN diplomats are not bold people. If they ever did move to Babylon, the city would become the most heavily defended fortress the world has ever seen, although they would balance this out with some of the nicest places to eat in the world. I can only imagine what that would cost.

Still, I would keep an eye on this story. I firmly believe that the UN will pull out of Turtle Bay some day and relocation to a place in the Middle East does make a good deal of sense given where the functioning mission of the UN is likely to be focused.