Posted on 09/17/2008 1:30:59 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Turning to Cuba, d'Escoto wondered aloud why the United Nations has been powerless to overturn the U.S. trade embargo imposed on Fidel Castro's government in February 1962."If the opinion of more than 95 percent of the membership of the United Nations can be so casually ignored, of what use is this General Assembly?" he said.
The General Assembly's resolutions aren't binding, unlike the Security Council, which can set international law. But the assembly controls the U.N. budget and serves as a world forum for debate.
D'Escoto has long been a supporter of Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, who once allied himself with Fidel Castro and the Soviet Union and won re-election as Nicaragua's president in 2006. D'Escoto was foreign minister of Nicaragua when the Sandinistas ruled in the 1980s. - AP
When are we ever going to evict the UN from our shores? When?
I am surprised that the UN did not speak glowingly of bin Laden and Putin.
I am surprised that the UN did not speak glowingly of bin Laden and Putin.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Doesn’t matter. Just like a clingy ex-girlfriend, they can bark all they want and that’s pretty much the only thing they’re good for. But I also agree to just kick out the UN. Heck, I’m a boorish American and proud of it.
“”By now, over 1.2 million people have died as a direct consequence of that aggression and occupation,” d’Escoto said about the U.S.-led war in Iraq.”
Hey, why stop at 1.2 million...how about a billion!!! 10 BILLION.
Sheesh.
Cannot be too soon...
I am surprised they did not speak glowingly about Obama.
What do you mean, evict? It’s time for our government to put on the kneepads (again and again and again).
Just another raving Marxist “theologian” who (hopefully) will be taking this up directly with God in the very near future.
Get the un out of the United States.
Let the little tin pots play in outer Lesotho, Namibia, or Kazakhstan. Move them to some backwater where their ineffectual maundering won’t disturb the adults.
Everyone feels safer criticizing the U.S...
Because criticizing countries like Russia can get you killed, maimed, or your country invaded and carved up into little pieces.
Criticizing the U.S. will get you a standing ovation, a grant from the Russian and Chinese governments to build public works projects, and a cushy job with lots of “fact finding” trips to the red light districts in exotic places.
The answer is none. Consider a meeting of Mafia chieftains. All of them shot their way into power (or are the descendants of those who shot their way into power). In their meeting, the chieftains vote "democratically" on what rackets they will keep and expand.
Is the meeting of the Mafia chieftains a "democratic" organization? Of course not. Well, a majority of the nations in the UN are dictatorships in which the current leaders, or their ancestors, shot their way into power. THAT is the key reason why the UN is, and WILL REMAIN, a failed institution.
Congressman Billybob
Sometimes, nothing is funnier than the truth.
Great post!
Did the Assembly do the “O” hand gesture? lol
Tune in next week..
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