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November 06, 2005
And the U.N. beat goes on....
Never an organization to show any gumption, the United Nations, and more specifically the Security Council, once again showed its toothlessness despite the swirl of criticism surrounding the institution over the oil for food fiasco in Iraq. The former implacable enemies, China and Russia, which more and more resemble the China and the U.S.S.R. of the good old days of the Cold War, joined together to deny even using the word "sanctions" against the murderous Syrian regime.
No surprise here, really, since both China and Russia were knee-deep in dealing, indeed cheating--illegally and against U.N. resolutions-- with Iraq. This U.N. pusillanimity is reminiscent of the many resolutions passed and ignored by Saddam Hussein. It emboldens not only Syria but Iran which now knows, if it hadn't before, that the U.N. won't interfere with its march toward nuclear weapons in the Mideast. It's common knowledge that Israel has long been in the nuclear club but Israel at least has demonstrated some forbearance in the use of such weaponry. Iran is quite another matter. Iranian President Ahamadenejad has already threatened Israel with annihilation and what better method is there than a mushroom cloud or two to accomplish this goal? When the conflagration comes--as it no doubt will and maybe as a pre-emptive Israeli attack, once can be certain Kofi Annan will be aghast, but he shouldn't be. The U.N. will once again have failed.
Posted by Gene Blogger at November 6, 2005 10:03 AM
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