Tag: United Nations

Bibi Netanyahu says what needs to be said at the UN

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Bookworm

I’ve long been a Netanyahu fan — going back to the 1970s. He is a brilliant man, a strong executive, an effective communicator, and, as he showed at the UN, he has a moral compass. Obama could take lessons: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HkjBDQz_k[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofIwsB7xDm8[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gkjEUjK4as[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPEdIWa5H9k[/youtube]

Is Obama naive about the UN’s role or does he have a genuine affinity for bad actors?

Posted on September 23, 2009September 23, 2009 by Bookworm

When it comes to Obama’s speech before the UN, Brett Schaefer and Nile Gardiner are both kind enough to attribute to naivete what I’m increasingly sure is a malignant combination of anti-American feeling and antisemitism. In the same vein, Paul, at PowerLine, a blogger who has tried to be level-headed

Giving the Medal of Freedom to a dictator-coddling antisemite UPDATED

Posted on August 4, 2009August 4, 2009 by Bookworm

You’ve already read that the Big O (an increasingly empty hole if there ever was one) is now set to give the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mary Robinson, the Irish woman who has cheerfully led the UN into ever deeper antisemitic, anti-American depravity. Jennifer Rubin sums up beautifully the

Obama versus Israel UPDATED

Posted on May 18, 2009May 18, 2009 by Bookworm

It will be interesting to see how Obama’s talks with Netanyahu go. Netanyahu is light years ahead of Obama in terms of intelligence and experience. Obama, however, has dense ideological filaments in his brain that may render him incapable of deviating from his biases. In other words, I doubt that

How to avoid the stigma of being called an apartheid state

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Bookworm

The head of the UN General Assembly just called Israel an “apartheid” state. In other words, Israel is emblematic of evil in the world. I’ve finally realized what the problem is: Israel has a mixed population. Think about it: Iraq expelled her Jews and hounded her Christians into obscurity. Saudi

The profligate UN

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Bookworm

Just yesterday, I harked back to and updated an old post that commented, in part, on the fact that the UN is saved from ultimate malevolence only by its gross inefficiency and internal corruption. With perfect timing, this story appeared in today’s news: The U.N. Human Rights Council, frequently accused

Perpetually selfish anger and victimhood UPDATED

Posted on November 16, 2008November 17, 2008 by Bookworm

Ymarsakar brought to my attention a post I wrote over three years ago. I’m reprinting a slightly edited version here, not just because I think it describes well the Arab psyche that drives so much of current international politics (and fears) today, but also because I think it does a

How do you give the finger in Hebrew?

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Bookworm

I ask, because I hope that’s what Israel does when it receives this request.

Make love, not war

Posted on May 26, 2008November 9, 2010 by Bookworm

The title of my post was a fatuous, smarmy expression during its heyday in the 1960s. With the UN “peacekeepers,” though, it’s taken on a whole, horrible new meaning: Sexual abuse of children as young as six by aid workers and United Nations peacekeepers has continued unchecked despite repeated promises

The disconnect between Islam and respect

Posted on March 13, 2008March 13, 2008 by Bookworm

I blogged here about the group that presented a report to the UN to point out what many of us have already realized: Muslims are using declarations of human rights as a way to shut down all religions and speech but theirs. Patrick, my favorite Paragraph Farmer, took that dry

Speaking actual truths to corrupt, and unlistening, power

Posted on March 12, 2008March 12, 2008 by Bookworm

Okay, maybe the UN will listen to the report from the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) but, somehow, I doubt it: Islamic states are bidding to use the United Nations to limit freedom of expression and belief around the world, the global humanist body IHEU told the U.N.’s Human

Here’s a surprise

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Bookworm

For a year, Gaza has rained over 2,000 rockets onto Israeli soil, aiming specifically for civilian communities. There was, of course, nary a peep from the UN. Now that Israel has struck back, targeting specifically militants who happen to hide amongst civilian populations, the UN Rights Council springs into action: