[Arkinsaw]

It sure beats the he!! out of giving tax dollars to them to the tune of $30 billion augmented by nuclear technology to appease them doesn't it?

Yeah, quite a few here are dismissing this as typical UN. But essentially what it is is the UN saying....ok fine...go ahead and stop their ships.

Thats a nice development since, even though conventional arms of some sorts are allowed...we can still stop those ships and it will be a huge boon for our intelligence services. They can't rely on the inviolability of their shipping to move chemical/bio/nuclear technology under cover. They have to assume any ship will be stopped.

I must admit I am astounded that this got through the Security Council.

Both North Korea and Iran have to hate this.

[EGPWS]

Both North Korea and Iran have to hate this.

I was thinking this before I got to it while reading your reply.