April 18, 2006

UN to the Rescue

Associated Press reports -

Israeli UN Ambassador:

"A dark cloud is looming above our region, and it is metastasizing as a result of the statements and actions by leaders of Iran, Syria, and the newly elected government of the Palestinian Authority" ... Recent statements by the Palestinian government, Iran and Syria, including one by Hamas on Monday defending the suicide bombing, "are clear declarations of war, and I urge each and every one of you to listen carefully and take them at face value."
(emphasis mine)

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan:

... called the escalating violence "very worrying." He also announced that the Quartet of Mideast peacemakers - the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and Russia - would meet in New York on May 9 to discuss how to move the stalled roadmap to peace forward.

Whew! What a relief. The "roadmap to peace" is still alive!

This is breathtakingly naieve. It's like making sure the good china is safely arranged in the cupboard before that tornado on the horizon hits your house.

United Nations Posted by JohnGalt at April 18, 2006 3:36 PM

If Russia, the EU, and the UN are all in on it with us, I'm sure it will work out.

Posted by: jk at April 18, 2006 7:04 PM

Surely you jest. Surely. Please tell me you're kidding!

The sturm und drang over America's "unilateral" serious consequences of Resolution 1441 had one purpose: To neuter American resolve should a similar situation arise. That eventuality is now coming to pass, as Russia and France and China knew full well it would, and where is "cowboy" Bush? Kowtowing at the UN, that's where.

Fortunately the people most directly under threat of anihilation in the next 12 months ARE taking this seriously. The Israeli ambassador spoke of "clear declarations of war." Here's hoping the assumption Israel has nuclear weapons is really true because the way things are going in Washington and New York, they ain't gettin' any help of any consequence any time soon.

Posted by: johngalt at April 19, 2006 3:33 PM

I think everybody but Secretary Annan is kidding, jg, I'm not really sure about him.

Posted by: jk at April 19, 2006 6:35 PM | What do you think? [3]