The United Nations: Pro-Arab, Pro-Iranian, Anti-Israel
This is a [sic] very good news and a triumph of the oppressed nation of Palestine, that their voice was heard in the international community, in the IAEA, and action was made to let them know that they are not left alone, homeless, bombarded by Israelis, and being deprived from any basic rights.
That is how the Iranian delegate to the United Nations Nuclear Conference (UNNC) gloated after the UNNC’s Friday vote criticizing Israel and its “secret nuclear weapons arsenal,†as Amy Goodman reported on Democracy Now! In a remarkably ironic twist, the UNNC passed the resolution by a vote of 49 to 45, supporting an Arab and Iranian initiative that expressed “concern about the Israeli nuclear capabilities and [calling upon] Israel to accede to the NPT [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] and [to] place all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] safeguards.”
The Iranian delegate went on to describe Israel’s nuclear capabilities as “a potential threat to the peace and security of the world.”
These statements, coming from Arab states (such as Syria and Libya)Â that have clandestine nuclear programs themselves, would be bad enough; but for Iran to be making such statements stretches credulity.
For years, Iran has ignored UN resolutions requiring it to open its nuclear program for inspection by the same IAEA it is now congratulating. Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be “wiped off the map†several times in the past, and who once again characterized the Holocaust a “hoax†just this past weekend, has consistently defied that same IAEA in its requests for nuclear transparency, announcing that Iran would “never†halt work on its own nuclear program.
It is obvious to UN watchers that this is nothing more than a highly politicized, one-sided attack on Israel, a nation that is surrounded by countries determined to bring about its destruction by any means necessary. The UN has become nothing more than a forum where the nations of the so-called “Non-Aligned Movement” (NAM) can air their anti-Western and anti-Israel agendas.
Said one NAM delegate:
People and countries are bolder now, willing to call a spade a spade. You cannot hide or ignore the truth, the double standards, of Israel’s nuclear capability forever.
Notably, the NAM delegate made no mention of any “double standards†vis à vis countries such as India, Pakistan and North Korea, which also have nuclear weapons programs and have not signed the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty.
Pakistan, for example, not only has an active nuclear weapons program, but it has been a major facilitator in the illegal proliferation of nuclear technology to countries such as Iran. When North Korea doesn’t get its way, it saber-rattles by threatening to detonate, or sometimes by actually detonating, a nuclear device. And yet, those countries were not targeted by the UNNC vote last week.
This is another indication that the IAEA and the United Nations do not possess even a scintilla of credibility.
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That building standing tall on the banks of the East River will soon be recognized as one of the largest mental institutions world-wide.
So if we disband the UN, then what? It’s not like there is a extraordinary benefit to their presence is there?
Carter the Writer, great idea, as soon as all the crazies enter the building, lets lock the doors forever and label the building Mental Institution. Be sure to wait for Obama, the chief egocentric, to enter the building before locking the doors.
The last time I commented on Mahr I had just had surgery and was on a morphine pump and I got in trouble deservedly so. So I will just say Mr. Mahr is not my kind of guy and if I ever had the misfortune to meet him and he screamed at me or misbehaved even at my advanced age I would make his nose look like a sweet potato. Well his nose already looks like a sweet potato. I will have to think of something else.
I agree carterthewriter; also the taxpayer dollar will be used wisely for once!!!
The most amusing part of the Arab positions supporting the “Palestinians” is they also believe firmly in a not in my back yard mentality. They demand recognition and the establishment of a Palestinian state and the same time tell the Palestinians to stay the hell out of their countries. Ah, the hypocrisy of tribal feuds.
Could someone please send Bill Mahar a new brain remote control so that he could at least change the brain channels now and again and use the mute button liberally.
No, Julie, there is no hope for the United Nations. Wait a minute, Mr. Hope is doing his debut today and will dazzle them with his accumen, adding appropriate finger-pointing for that extra special ” now look who’s in charge” emphasis. Could it be that “change” is on the horizon? Yes, I believe that it will now go from worse to fricking disasterous.
It always surprises me anew that the world (the free one of course) still think that anything connected with the U.N. can bypass Muslim majorities in it.NEVER can Israel’s voice be heard – how can it with such overhelming Arab majority. Our late Prime Minister called the U.N. “um shmum”. She understood, even then, the futility of any effort we would make to satisfy “the world”. WE NEVER CAN not ever could. We’re still there to be present at some International forum where Iran, Palestine?-no state – is represented and the President of the I.A.E.A. is an Arab if I weren’t an Israeli I would laugh myself sick at the irony of it all.
Thank you for your report,
A.M.
Sure there is. Someone has to feed the worlds dictators peoples so they don’t revolt and create governments less controllable through monetary bribery.