If you looked at news clippings over the past decade or more, you might find hundreds of stories about the U.N. expressing “concern” over the nuclear weapons ambitions of Iran and Communist North Korea.
The cycle is tediously familiar. One of those nations may be caught with materials to build nuclear weapons, for instance, or it may openly threaten to destroy its enemies – which are usually peaceful nations. The U.N. will say it is “alarmed” or “troubled” by such a provocation. It will then insist that radical Iran or lunatic North Korea abide by international law and abandon the quest for nukes.
How has that worked out? Well, Communist North Korea today has nuclear weapons despite long, concerted U.N. efforts to prevent that. And in spite of repeated U.N. warnings, terrorist-sponsoring Iran appears to be on the cusp of having nukes, too.
And yet, here we go again.
The Associated Press reported recently that the U.N.’s top nuclear official “still can’t confirm that all aspects of Iran’s nuclear program are peaceful, and he expressed serious concern at North Korea’s refusal to allow the return of nuclear inspectors.”
What nonsense! Iran is working at a breakneck pace to build nukes. Sitting on vast amounts of oil, it doesn’t need nuclear power for peaceful purposes. And why would Communist North Korea permit the return of U.N. inspectors? It faced no real consequences when it threw them out and developed the nuclear weapons it has today.
Disturbing as the U.N.’s meaningless gestures of “concern” are, what’s truly alarming is the high regard in which the Obama administration views the corrupt, ineffective U.N. Our nation ought to distance itself from such an organization, not embrace it.