Thursday, April 20, 2006
Shhh! UN at work
The UN, still basking in its success with Iraq, Darfur and Oil-for-Food, is now turning its collective might against Iran. Apparently everyone on the Security Council agrees that something needs to be done:
“Senior diplomats from the U.N. Security Council's five permanent members ended two days of talks about Iran's nuclear program Wednesday with consensus for action against the Islamic state, but they continued to be divided as to what form it should take, U.S. Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said.” Envoys Remain Split On Plan Against Iran
At least that’s the spin being placed on these recent talks among the US, Britain, France, Russia and China. But two paragraphs later we learn:
“For weeks, the United States, Britain and France have been pressing for tough steps against Iran, while Russia and China have argued that a hard line might backfire.”
What a crock! Who truly believes Russia and China share any deep-felt concern about Iran? I can’t believe that either of the two could have suggested a single punitive measure that the other three wouldn’t have immediately agreed to. But nothing comes out of this meeting except this blah “consensus for action against the Islamic state”. Hell, I thought that’s why they had the meeting in the first place – because there was a general recognition that something had to done.
“Senior diplomats from the U.N. Security Council's five permanent members ended two days of talks about Iran's nuclear program Wednesday with consensus for action against the Islamic state, but they continued to be divided as to what form it should take, U.S. Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said.” Envoys Remain Split On Plan Against Iran
At least that’s the spin being placed on these recent talks among the US, Britain, France, Russia and China. But two paragraphs later we learn:
“For weeks, the United States, Britain and France have been pressing for tough steps against Iran, while Russia and China have argued that a hard line might backfire.”
What a crock! Who truly believes Russia and China share any deep-felt concern about Iran? I can’t believe that either of the two could have suggested a single punitive measure that the other three wouldn’t have immediately agreed to. But nothing comes out of this meeting except this blah “consensus for action against the Islamic state”. Hell, I thought that’s why they had the meeting in the first place – because there was a general recognition that something had to done.
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