United Nations
UN: Iran exports weapons
Something odd is happening at the UN. The other day, a UN official called for the use of force in Iraq to turn back the ISIS juggernaut. Today we read from Reuters that UN experts admitted that Iran is exporting weapons to other conflicts violating UN sanctions against the mullahs in Tehran. The finding comes […]
France threatens “force” in Syria
Yeah, I know, I haven’t stopped laughing and it’s hard to type with tears running down my face, but France finally found something to get outraged about in the Middle East – namely Syria’s supposed use of chemical weapons yesterday. From CNN; Hours after the closed-door meeting, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told CNN affiliate […]
UN Peacekeepers ambushed in Darfur; 7 killed
The Washington Times reports that 7 UN Peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in Sudan’s Darfur region yesterday; The assault included sustained heavy fire from machine guns and possibly rocket-propelled grenades, targeting the force some 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of the town of Khor Abeche, U.N. forces spokesman Chris Cycmanick said. Reinforcements later arrived […]
That UN gun treaty thing
I don’t trust either side in this discussion, unfortunately, there is virtually no source material on the treaty that passed the United Nations General Assembly today. Apparently, we’re supposed to just trust our UN politicians that they would only act in our best interests. All I can find at this point is news reports and […]
The nose in front of your face
The Obama Administration has been criticized ad nauseum over the last two weeks for focusing on that stupid YouTube video as the reason for our burning embassies, so you’d think they’d learned their lesson. But, as the president proved in front of the General Assembly at the UN, they’re going to cling to that fairy […]
Muslim nations seek ban on insults in UN
The Washington Times reports on a movement in the United Nations which seeks to ban insults and muzzle freedom of speech in member nations; Turkey heads the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a body of 57 nations, which has long pushed for a U.N. resolution condemning the “defamation of religion.” Nonbinding versions of the resolution have […]
If You Doubted That the UN Was Useless . . .
. . . then you might want to read this article. Yeah, that’s the same Sudan whose president has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for “crimes against humanity” for genocide in Darfur. But the UN apparently has no problem with giving them a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. And we (the […]
UN: Brad (Breanna) Manning tortured
So after a 14-month investigation, the UN special rapporteur on torture has decided that the US government is guilty of cruel and inhumane treatment of Bradley Manning (who prefers to be called Breanna) and he’s officially accused the US. Manning has been in custody for almost two years and was held in solitary confinement at […]
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