Bookworm on Nov 18 2008 | Filed under: United Nations
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 of coddling some of the [...]
Bookworm on Nov 16 2008 | Filed under: Arabs, Conservative ideology, Leftist morality, United Nations
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 good job of describing the [...]
Bookworm on Sep 06 2008 | Filed under: Hezbollah, Israel, United Nations
I ask, because I hope that’s what Israel does when it receives this request.
Bookworm on May 26 2008 | Filed under: Africa, United Nations
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 to stamp it out, according [...]
Bookworm on Mar 13 2008 | Filed under: Islam, United Nations
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 report and drew the obvious [...]
Bookworm on Mar 12 2008 | Filed under: Free speech, Islam, United Nations
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 Rights Council on Wednesday.
In a statement [...]
Bookworm on Mar 06 2008 | Filed under: United Nations
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:
The U.N. Human Rights Council has [...]
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