Posted on 04/17/2009 12:39:36 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Christopher Hill: Deep Kimchee for Iraq
Of the many things that will be written about North Korea this week, the least likely of these is, “Now there’s the kind of diplomacy we need more of.” Consider just the events of the last few days: the missile test itself, which may have hit closer to home than originally thought; the failure of the United Nations to enforce two of its violated resolutions; the broader failure of deterrence and counter-proliferation; and North Korea’s final repudiation of a February 2007 agreement in which it had agreed to verifiably dismantle all of its nuclear programs. North Korea now says that it will restart an dilapidated old 5-megawatt reactor that it took limited steps toward disabling in 2008. It will also boycott six-party disarmament talks again — this time for good, it says.
By themselves, these declarations shouldn’t alter the views of any careful observer much. North Korea had been reneging on its February 2007 promises since February 2007; it’s still holding South Korean POW’s in violation of the armistice that ended the Korean War; and it has probably broken every other international agreement it has made ever since. Kim Jong Il was clearly looking for a convenient reason to press the “reset” button on the commitments he made to President Bush and move on to his new demands of a new president. Despite his complete failure to keep any of his past disarmament commitments, he’ll insist on keeping all of President Bush’s concessions (on the terror sponsors’ list, bilateral and multilateral sanctions, aid, and fuel oil that the Obama Administration has just asked Congress to fund). If any excuse is needed, a mealy-mouthed, non-binding non-resolution by that impotent oxymoron known as the United Nations will do.
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Pathetic. Abso-frikken-lutely pathetic.
The demise of the United Nations would eliminate the diversion of responsibility as its intent. The UN is, and always has been a scam.
What alleged Politician doesn’t point to the UN, shrug his/her shoulders, and say it’s the UN’s fault?
Get responsibility back into the hands of our own Representatives where WE can once again have a say.
Get the UN out of the US, and get the US the “H” out of the UN.
Obama Heads to Summit With Cuba in the Spotlight
[Russia appeasement campaign goes on!]
FoxNews.com | April 17, 2009
Posted on 04/17/2009 5:01:01 AM PDT by ETL
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