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UN Turns off Lights, Pretends to Sleep
Commentary Magazine ^ | Abe Greenwald

Posted on 07/07/2009 10:52:04 AM PDT by Jbny

Less than month after U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said that the UN Security Council was working on a resolution “with teeth that will bite in North Korea,” the Kim regime tested a battery of proscribed short- and medium-range missiles. So much for the teeth.How did the Security Council respond this time? It “condemned” the action, naturally. But, of course, the real concern of the “international community” isn’t the nuclear braggadocio of a rogue regime; it’s the mortal fear that another country might attempt to inhibit the mad brinkmanship of Kim Jong Il:

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: diplomacy; northkorea; resolution; unitednations

1 posted on 07/07/2009 10:52:04 AM PDT by Jbny
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To: Jbny

They mean with lips that will attempt to nip.


2 posted on 07/07/2009 10:53:30 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Think of the D Party as what it really is: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party)
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To: Jbny

Following Obama’s lead, they will merely vote “PRESENT”.


3 posted on 07/07/2009 10:55:28 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: Jbny

In terms of foreign policy, I don’t expect anything out of this Administration. The rest of the World will go its merry way, while the U.S. focuses on spending money.


4 posted on 07/07/2009 10:55:41 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The Democrats have returned to their game of supporting totalitarian regimes. Now they're muslim.)
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To: Jbny

In a n ideal world,the UN would be great,but this is NOT an ideal world.


5 posted on 07/07/2009 10:58:18 AM PDT by screaming eagle2
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To: Jbny

In a n ideal world,the UN would be great,but this is NOT an ideal world.


6 posted on 07/07/2009 10:58:20 AM PDT by screaming eagle2
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To: Jbny

Apparently the UN is not “deeply concerned” like Obama is.


7 posted on 07/07/2009 11:01:03 AM PDT by Teotwawki (Obama was right about one thing, I am clinging to my Bible and my gun.)
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To: Jbny
Never send a paper tiger to confront a real tyrant.
It'll just end up being used as toilet paper.
8 posted on 07/07/2009 11:20:18 AM PDT by theDentist (qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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