Stop! Or I'll say stop again!

UPDATE: 10/11/2006

So the weapons test has come and gone and while I do have to concede that the UN Security council roundly condemmed North Korea's Regime for testing a Nuclear weapon, my larger point still applies. Because once again there have been little if no real consequences for another terrorist regime defying the world body and showing once again the futility of the UN's willingness to make good on any kind of retaliation for lawbreaking dictators like Kim and pals.

I am sure you can imagine the mullahs in Iran sitting back, puffin' on a hooka, stroking their beards contemplatively as they watch the coverage of our world leaders scrambling around like ants in an earthquake trying to figure out what to do, and better still who will actually do it. Make no mistake, they are watching and for good reason. Their's is coming next! If we do not react properly to this aggressive move by NK, Iran will do the same and give a collective chuckle at any type of threatened consequence along the way. I hope that somewhere there is a plan to deal with this contingency, cuz I do not want to be living 3 miles from LAX airport if we end up with a Nuclear armed Iran

Schlussel has a good piece on this

Coulter is right on as usual: Clinton's Latest Glow Job
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The ridiculousness of the United Nations has officially surpassed reason this week. With North Korea threatening to test a WMD, fresh salt is poured in the wounds of a few weeks ago when the UN allowed two openly hostile world leaders to disgrace our country and our president in the heart of New York City. No, not Dirt, Ca., New York City, where terrorists slammed planes into our tallest buildings and then celebrated about it for days afterward. Once again we hear not moral outrage, not strong condemnation, not threats of sanctions or punitive measures.... Just a weak and inneffective voice once again yelling "stop", stop please even, if you take in the context of the UN Statement. You might say, "But Tim the UN expressed "deep concern" over North Korea's desire to test their weapons." Folks, deep concern is something you have when your sixteen year old comes home stoned, or when your daughter starts dating a guy nick-named "Jake the Hip-Snake" with a lip ring. I am no fan of Robin Williams these days, but back in the eighties he made a joke about the unarmed English Bobbie of old...

"In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police say "Stop, or I'll say stop again."


Sounds a lot like the modern day United Nations to me. Only problem with that reference applied to today is that "You" (the UN) don't have a gun, but "They" (the bad guys) do, and they are not afraid of what we'll do if they use it. But really why would they be, we (the world community) doesn't even believe it will do anything. I wonder what it would take for the UN to actually get good and pissed off? To quote Matt Broderick in another arcane eighties reference, "Let's play, Global Thermonuclear War." Problem is, by then the sh*t is already out of the horse.

I'll leave you with this quote from an article I read written in 2002 by Alan Caruba:

The UN Charter says it exists to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to practice tolerance and live together in peace as good neighbors, to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security." This malignancy that passes for an international organization devoted to fostering peace and a bunch of other noble ideals has proven to be utterly useless and totally irrelevant, except as a threat to democracy and freedom everywhere.

The problem is you can't practice tolerence and live in peace and maintain international peace and security at the same time. I mean it sounds nice on paper, but it is just not a statement based in reality. The bad guys have to have their arses kicked into oblivion sometimes to maintain peace. Nothing tolerant or peaceful about that, but it sure is effective!