tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-326848052024-03-13T08:13:35.888-07:00Screw the UNStanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246638715771369545noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-24098031279754148312011-10-19T12:02:00.000-07:002011-10-19T12:03:00.393-07:00Simon Deng - The United Nations: Accessory to Slavery and other Crimes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrJTLyXug98gKhicH8iWw6lo5sWjyVghoT33Mpso6p-mufJ-WmymGDzWLFe9M8-DnzOtFSCb3ogYNkncd14d5l7NbNEbc8lAFAF64HK_R3f1mPUVwRdRaBXI_Jfma-08_0feP/s1600/SimonDeng.jpg"><img alt="Simon Deng" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665176488832177570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrJTLyXug98gKhicH8iWw6lo5sWjyVghoT33Mpso6p-mufJ-WmymGDzWLFe9M8-DnzOtFSCb3ogYNkncd14d5l7NbNEbc8lAFAF64HK_R3f1mPUVwRdRaBXI_Jfma-08_0feP/s320/SimonDeng.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 296px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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<center><a href="http://pickle92.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/south-sudan-%E2%80%93-a-beginners-guide-to-the-newest-nation-on-earth/"><img alt="Map of Sudan, Darfur, and South Sudan" src="http://1389blog.com/pix/Map-of-Sudan-Darfur-South-Sudan.gif" title="Map of Sudan, Darfur, and South Sudan" /></a></center><br />
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<h3>Simon Deng tells it like it is.</h3><br />
With thanks to <b><a href="http://www.hudson-ny.org/2518/united-nations-slavery">Hudson New York</a></b><br />
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<blockquote>Like you, I came to this conference, The Perils of Global Intolerance to protest this third Durban conference which is an effort based on a set of lies, and organized by nations who are themselves are guilty of the worst kinds of oppression.<br />
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Durban III will not help the victims of racism. It will only isolate and target the Jewish state. It is a tool of the enemies of Israel. The UN has lost its way. Its obsession with the Jewish obvious: . For over 50 years, 82% of the UN General Assembly emergency meetings have been about condemning one state - Israel. Hitler could not have been made happier.<br />
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Given all the good Israel does in the world, given its democracy and its striving to follow the highest standards of human rights, even in the face of the most brutal, the most fanatic enemies, the Durban Conference is an outrage. All decent people know that.<br />
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But friends, I come here today to make a different case. I come with what you might at first think is a radical proposition: I come to tell you that there are peoples who suffer from the UN's anti-Israelism even more than the Israelis. I belong to one of those people.<br />
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By exaggerating Palestinian suffering, and by blaming the Jews for it, the UN has muffled the cries of those who suffer on a far larger scale.<br />
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For over fifty years the indigenous black African population of Sudan -- Christians and Muslims alike --- have been the victims of the brutal, racist Arab Muslim regimes in Khartoum.<br />
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In South Sudan, my homeland, Sudan, about four million innocent men, women and children were slaughtered from 1955 to 2005. Seven million were ethnically cleansed, and they became the largest refugee group since World War II.<br />
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Everybody at the United Nations is concerned about the so-called Palestinian refugees. They dedicated a separate agency to provide for them; this agency, UNWRA, treats them with a special privilege.<br />
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Meanwhile, my people, ethnically cleansed, murdered and enslaved, are relatively ignored. The UN even resisted using the word "slavery" to describe the enslavement of tens of thousands of my people. Why? Because slavery is a crime against humanity, apparently no one committing it wanted to end up before an international court. When Khartoum insisted that the term "abducted people" be substituted for the word "slaves," the UN, caved to Arab pressure and agreed. Try that in America. Try calling Frederick Douglas an "abducted person." It is outrageous.<br />
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The UN refuses to tell the world the truth about the root causes of Sudan's conflicts. Take Darfur, for example. Who knows really what is happening in Darfur? It is not a "tribal conflict." It is a conflict rooted in Arab colonialism, as it has typically been practiced in Africa. In Darfur, a region in the Western Sudan everybody is Muslim. Everybody is Muslim because the Arabs invaded the North of Africa and converted the indigenous people to Islam In the eyes of the Islamists in Khartoum, the Darfuris are not Muslim enough. And they also do not want to be Arabized. They like their own African languages and dress and customs. They resist Arabization. The Arab response is genocide. But nobody tells the truth about Darfur.<br />
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In the Nuba Mountains, another region of Sudan, genocide is taking place as I speak. The regime is targeting the black Africans -- Muslims and Christians. This happened to the Nuba people before. In the 1990's hundreds of thousands were murdered; a large number of women were raped; children were abducted and forcibly converted to Islam. Nobody at the UN told the truth about the Nuba Mountains.<br />
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Do you see a massive amount of outrage and reports and protests about this coming out of the UN or Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International? Do you hear them condemn Arab anti-black racism?<br />
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Look at the pages of the New York Times, or the record of the UN condemnations, What you will find is "Israeli crimes" and Palestinian suffering. My people have been driven off the front pages by the exaggerations of Palestinian suffering. Why? Because what Israel does is portrayed as a Western sin that we are all supposed to address.<br />
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The truth is that the West commits a real sin when it abandons us: the actual victims of non-Westerns. Our suffering has become almost taboo.<br />
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Let me return to the topic of slavery: while there are issues that divide public opinion, we can all agree that for one man to own another is a sin, and it should be stopped. The Americans tore themselves apart over the issue of slavery.<br />
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Chattel slavery, a centuries-long practice in Sudan, was revived as a tool of war in the early '90s. The Islamist regime in Khartoum declared jihad, or holy war, and thereby legitimized taking slaves as war booty. Arab militias were sent to destroy Southern villages and were encouraged to take African women and children as slaves. We believe that up to 200,000 were kidnapped, brought to the North and sold into slavery.<br />
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I am a living proof of this crime against humanity.<br />
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I do not like talking about my experience as a slave, but I do it because it is important for the world to know that slavery exists even today.<br />
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I was only nine years old when I was made a slave. An Arab neighbor named Abdullahi tricked me into following him to a boat destined to Northern Sudan where he gave me as a gift to his family. For three and a half years I was their slave going through something that no child should ever go through: brutal beatings and humiliations; working around the clock; sleeping on the ground with animals; eating the family's left-overs. During those three years I was unable to say the word "no." All I could say was "yes," "yes," "yes."<br />
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The United Nations knew about the brutal enslavement of South Sudanese by the Arabs from the early days of the conflict. Human Right Watch issued extensive reports about the issue. These reports gathered dust on UN shelves. It took UNICEF – under pressure from the Jewish –led American Anti-Slavery Group -- sixteen years to acknowledge what was happening.<br />
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As soon as the Sudanese government and the Arab League pressured UNICEF, the UN agency backtracked, and proceeded to criticize the Non-Governmental Organizations that worked to liberate Sudanese slaves. In 1998, Dr. Gaspar Biro, the courageous UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Sudan who reported on slavery, resigned in protest of the UN's actions.<br />
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My friends, today, tens of thousands of black South Sudanese still serve their masters in the North and the UN is silent about that. It would offend the OIC and the Arab League. So much for "human rights for everybody".<br />
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As a former slave and a victim of the worst sort of racism, allow me to explain why I think calling Israel a racist state is absolutely absurd and immoral.<br />
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I have been to Israel five times visiting the Sudanese refugees. Let me tell you how they ended up there. These are Sudanese who fled Arab racism, hoping to find shelter in Egypt. They were wrong. In 2005, the refugees camped outside the offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Cairo looking for mercy. Instead, the United Nations closed its doors and left the helpless women and children at the mercy of the ruthless Egyptian security forces who brutally slaughtered at least 26 of them.<br />
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After this event the Sudanese realized that Arab racism is the same, whether it is in Khartoum or in Cairo. So they continued looking for a shelter and they found it in Israel. Dodging the bullets of the Egyptian border patrols and walking for punishingly long distances, the refugees' only hope was to reach Israel's side of the fence, where they knew they would be safe.<br />
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The fact that even Darfuris, who are Muslims, chose Israel above all the other Arab-Muslim states of the area, speaks volumes.. Israel is racist? Israel is against the Muslim world? Ask the thousands of black Muslim Darfuris who found shelter inside the Jewish state.<br />
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When I asked the refugees about the treatment they receive in Israel, their response is absolutely the opposite of what the United Nations alleges. They were welcomed and treated like human beings. Compared to the situation in Egypt, they described their lives in Israel as "heaven." No-one called them "abid" – an Arabic word for slaves often used in Sudan, Egypt and other Arab nations.<br />
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Is Israel a racist state? To my people, the people who know racism – the answer is absolutely not. It is a state of people of the colors of the rainbow. Jews themselves come in all colors, even black. I met with beautiful black Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Israel is a state that has taken my own black people in, rescued them, and helped them.<br />
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So, yes … my claim may be a radical claim: I claim that the victims who suffer most from the UN's anti-Israel policy are not just the Israelis but all those people who have to be ignored in order for the UN to tell its big lie against Israel: all those victims of non Western abuse, especially all those victims of Arab and Muslim abuse: women, ethnic minorities, religious minorities, homosexuals, in the Arab and Muslim world. These are the biggest victims of UN Israel hatred.<br />
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So far, the Israelis have only been cursed by the UN. But look at the situation of the Copts, the Christians in Iraq, and Nigeria, and Iran, the Hindus and Bahais and Sikhs who suffer from Islamic oppression. We all suffer. We are ignored, we are abandoned so that the big lie against the Jews can go forward.<br />
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Before I conclude let me tell you a story that reflects a special connection that the people of South Sudan feel toward Israel. In 2005, I visited one of the refugee camps in South Sudan. I met a twelve year old girl who told me about her dream. In a dream she wanted to go to school to become a doctor, and then, she wanted to visit Israel. I was shocked and numb. How could this refugee girl who spent most of her life in the North know about Israel? When I asked why she wanted to visit Israel, she said: "This is our people." I was never able to find an answer to my question.<br />
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On July 9 of 2011 South Sudan became an independent state. We achieved freedom despite the opposition from the Arab world and despite the United Nations, whose General Secretary, Bi Ki Moon, lobbied for the unity of Sudan. For the South Sudanese, that would mean continuation of oppression, brutalization, demonization, Islamization, Arabization and enslavement.<br />
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In a similar manner, the Arabs continue denying Jews their right for sovereignty in their homeland; and the Durban III conference continues denying Israel's legitimacy.<br />
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As a friend of Israel, I salute the President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, who had the courage to state publicly that South Sudan embassy in Israel will be built--- not in Tel Aviv, but in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people.<br />
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I also want to assure you that my own new nation, and all of its people, will oppose racist forums like the Durban III. We will oppose it by simply telling the truth.<br />
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This originally appeared in a a slightly different form as an address at a conference titled "The Perils of Global Intolerance", in New York City, September 22, 2011.</blockquote><br />
Learn more about the new nation of South Sudan at <b><a href="http://pickle92.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/south-sudan-%E2%80%93-a-beginners-guide-to-the-newest-nation-on-earth/">Pickle92's Blog</a></b>.<br />
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<hr />1389http://www.blogger.com/profile/04335705483244616965noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-34515168900131267832011-09-21T09:09:00.000-07:002011-09-21T09:09:53.519-07:00Phyllis Chesler: America - The Chief Subsidizer of UN Rapists and Traffickers<b><a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/america-the-chief-subsidizer-of-un-rapists-and-traffickers/?singlepage=true">Pajamas Media has the story.</a></b><br />
<blockquote>The Wilsonian ideals of the UN are not realizable. In turn, the UN is built on a lie: that its diplomats are morally decent.</blockquote>1389http://www.blogger.com/profile/04335705483244616965noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-39899363264621342802011-06-29T13:10:00.000-07:002011-06-29T13:10:43.325-07:00Well, of course...<strong><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/29/north-korea-assumes-presidency-of-u-n-arms-control-conference/">North Korea assumes presidency of UN arms control conference</a></strong><br />
<em>(h/t: <a href="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2011/06/29/rep-allen-west-on-national-security-islamic-infiltration-us-constitution/#comment-798148">Gulfloafer</a>)</em><br />
<blockquote>In the latest ‘you’ve got to be kidding’ news from the United Nations, North Korea assumed the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament Tuesday.<br />
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“Bare months after the U.N. finally suspended Libya’s Col. Muammar Qaddafi from its Human Rights Council, North Korea wins the propaganda coup of heading the world’s disarmament agency,” the executive director of UN Watch Hillel Neuer said in a statement protesting the move. “It’s asking the fox to guard the chickens, and damages the U.N.’s credibility.”<br />
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According to the U.N. summary of the meeting, North Korea’s So Se Pyong addressed the 65-member arms control forum, saying that “he was very much committed to the Conference and during his presidency he welcomed any sort of constructive proposals that strengthened the work and credibility of the body.”<br />
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Neuer said that though North Korea’s new role as head of the conference, which reports to the U.N. General Assembly, would likely be justified by the U.N. by saying it was the result of a an “automatic rotation,” such an excuse was not sufficient...</blockquote><strong><em>Shaking my head...</em></strong>1389http://www.blogger.com/profile/04335705483244616965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-30868043846149817582011-04-19T19:52:00.000-07:002011-04-19T19:54:23.028-07:00Who is more corrupt - the Nobel Committee or the UN?<strong>The Nobel Committee Ignored a Genuine Heroine to Promote a Climate Scammer</strong><br />
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<em><strong>By <a href="http://1389blog.com/category/1389-blog/authors/gramfan/">Gramfan</a></strong></em><br />
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<img alt="Irena Sendler" border="0" src="http://1389blog.com/pix/irena-sendler.jpg" /><br />
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<h3><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQWg3vCXgg">YouTube - Irena Sendler - Sleeping With The Angels - Irena Sendler Symphony</a></h3>The clip above is self-explanatory <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQWg3vCXgg">(click link to view)</a></strong>.<br />
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A <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010278/">film was made</a> about her, starring Anna Paquin.<br />
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In 2007 Irena Sendler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for saving around 2,500 children from the certain death of being taken from the <a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/warsawtoc.html">Warsaw Ghetto</a> to <a href="http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/TreblinkaEng.html">Treblinka</a>.<br />
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It remains unclear why the Nobel Committee took so long to recognize her achievement with a nomination. One can only speculate on their agenda.<br />
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<strong>Suffice it to say Al Gore and the IPCC won the Peace Prize that year.</strong><br />
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If you ever had any doubts that the Nobel Committee is totally beyond contempt I hope these doubts are now dispelled.<br />
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It is worthwhile to refresh the memory, or possibly inform people who may not know of Irena Sendler.<br />
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The way thinks are looking now regarding Jews, no only in Europe again, but everywhere, it is up to the good and righteous to make sure that another Jewish Holocaust never happens again.<br />
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In fact it is up to the good and righteous to make sure <strong>NO</strong> genocide ever occurs again.<br />
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The United Nations is not going to stop any further attempts at genocide, even though they "appear to care", and have the "Responsibility to Protect Doctrine".<br />
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The UN proved this in <a href="http://www.rwanda-genocide.org/">Rwanda</a>. They pulled out their “peace keepers”.<br />
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The UN is also beneath contempt, just like the Nobel Committee.<br />
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<strong><em><a href="http://thewestislamandsharia.blogspot.com/2011/04/irena-sendler-sleeping-with-angels.html">Originally published on The West, Islam, and Sharia.</a><br />
<a href="http://1389blog.com/2011/04/19/the-nobel-committee-ignored-a-genuine-heroine-to-promote-a-climate-scammer/">Also published on 1389 Blog.</a></em></strong><br />
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<h3>More here:</h3><ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler">Irena Sendler on Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thejcconline.com/the-courageous-heart-of-irena-sendler/">The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.irenasendler.org/">The Irena Sendler Project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://2xjms.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/irena-sendler/">On my way home: Irena Sendler</a></li>
</ul><hr />1389http://www.blogger.com/profile/04335705483244616965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-58003668406968761712011-02-23T15:13:00.000-08:002011-02-23T15:13:26.116-08:00This is 2011! Why do we still have pirates?<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy"><img alt="Pirate flag of Jack Rackham" border="0" src="http://1389blog.com/pix/200px-Pirate_Flag_of_Jack_Rackham.png" /></a><br />
<em><strong>Piracy should be a thing of the past.</strong></em><br />
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<h3><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/22/americans-aboard-yacht-captured-pirates-reportedly-killed/">Fox News: Four Americans Killed on Yacht Hijacked by Somali Pirates</a></h3><em>(h/t: <strong><a href="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2011/02/22/losing-the-left/#comment-697186">Bagua</a></strong>)</em><br />
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<blockquote>Four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates were gunned down by their captors Tuesday.<br />
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U.S. forces responded to gunfire aboard the yacht Quest at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday, but discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite attempts to save their lives, all four hostages died of their wounds.<br />
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“We express our deepest condolences for the innocent lives callously lost aboard the Quest,” said Gen. James N. Mattis, U.S. Central Command Commander in a news release.<br />
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Two pirates died during the confrontation and U.S. forces found the remains of two other pirates already dead aboard the vessel. Thirteen pirates were captured and detained, along with two already in custody. A total of 19 pirates were involved in the hijacking.<br />
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The remains of the four Americans were taken aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, as were the 15 pirates in custody. There is no word yet on where the pirates will be taken for trial. They could go to Kenya or they could come back to the U.S. There is a precedent for both.<br />
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<strong><em><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/22/americans-aboard-yacht-captured-pirates-reportedly-killed/">Read it all.</a></em></strong></blockquote><br />
<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy">Pirates</a></strong> belong in the history books or the movies, not in real life. The United States has adequate naval firepower to put an end to piracy in international waters. The US Constitution empowers the US Senate and House of Representatives to do what is needed to get rid of this scourge.<br />
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Article I, Section 8 of the <strong><a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html">US Constitution</a></strong> empowers Congress<br />
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<blockquote>...To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;...</blockquote><br />
Obama failed to take any action until it was too late. Yoo-hoo, Obama and the US Senate and House: You can't pussyfoot around with pirates. It's YOUR DUTY to defend the US against foreign enemies. In case you haven't noticed, pirates are foreign enemies, they have attacked us, and it's your duty to do something about it, without delay. You have to clean pirates out of the sea lanes, you have to sink all their boats and ships, and you have to take out the villages and settlements where they are based. The Senate needs to enact a specific declaration of war against these pirates and the House needs to vote funding to back it up. <br />
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None of this "nation-building" - just clean them out once and for all. If you fail to do that, piracy will rapidly grow out of control and maritime transport will become more and more dangerous and expensive. Allowing this piracy to continue will cost us, and the rest of the world, very heavily in the long run.<br />
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Says <strong><a href="http://www.diozine.com/H&H_Studio.htm">Iron Fist</a></strong> on a recent <strong><a href="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2011/02/22/keynesian-myth-number-two-blind-spending-on-infrastructure/#comment-697345">thread on Blogmocracy</a></strong>:<br />
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<blockquote><strong><a href="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2011/02/22/keynesian-myth-number-two-blind-spending-on-infrastructure/#co_697339">mawskrat</a></strong> wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>well at least Obama approved action if the Navy thought the hostages were in danger.</blockquote><br />
I call bull**** on that. The hostages were in danger from the minute the Somali animals took them prisoner. They should have threatened to bomb the pirates’ village flat if any of the hostages were harmed. Now they should follow up on that. Kill the village. Everyone in it. Flatten it with fuel-air explosives. Sink any vessels that try and make port there afterwords.</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><br />
One of the problems that is hamstringing the US and other nations in dealing with pirates is the UN. That organization serves only to protect and foster evildoers all over the world; it's long past time to get the US out of the UN and vice versa, but that is an argument for another day. The problem is that current maritime law as defined by the UN makes no provision for dealing with pirates.<br />
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<h3><a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/comment_why-we-still-have-pirates-in-the-21st-century_1450790">DNA India: Why we still have pirates in the 21st century</a></h3><br />
<blockquote>Gwynne Dyer / Sunday, October 10, 2010 22:14 IST <br />
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How can it have come to pass that we have a major pirate problem in the 21st century? They sorted that out in the early 18th century. Why has it got unsorted again?<br />
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Blame international law. When they were codifying the law of the sea back in the 1970s, the world had no pirate problem worth talking about. So they dropped the rule of “universal jurisdiction” that had been the key to suppressing piracy in the bad old days. “Universal jurisdiction”meant that every navy could arrest suspected pirates of any nationality and try them under its own national laws, since pirates had been defined as “the enemies of all mankind.” That’s how piracy was wiped out in the first place.<br />
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But when they were writing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the 1970s, there were no pirates anymore, so they dropped the rule of “universal jurisdiction” in favour of a legal regime more attuned to modern notions of human rights and national sovereignty. What has replaced those old rules, in practice, is a legal quagmire where you can never be sure who has legal jurisdiction. So the navies (which could easily suppress the piracy if they were free to act) refrain from using force, and are reluctant even to arrest people at sea who are quite obviously pirates.<br />
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To extinguish piracy again, we need a modernised version of the old rules. That requires prompt action to create a comprehensive international agreement that gets around the Law of the Sea. <br />
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There is one other issue, of course. If we use serious force against the pirates, they will threaten to use force against their captives. Some of them might be killed. But since there will never be a time when there are no captives in the hands of the Somali pirates until and unless we crack down hard, that is a risk that we just have to take.<br />
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<strong><em><a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/comment_why-we-still-have-pirates-in-the-21st-century_1450790">Read it all.</a></em></strong></blockquote><br />
<strong>A better idea:</strong> Ignore the UN entirely and go after the pirates. If anybody complains, ignore them also. <br />
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We dealt with jihadi pirates two centuries ago, during the <strong><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjprece.html">Thomas Jefferson administration</a></strong>. We can do it again.<br />
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<strong><em><a href="http://1389blog.com/2011/02/23/this-is-2011-why-do-we-still-have-pirates/">Originally published on 1389 Blog.</a></em></strong><br />
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<hr />1389http://www.blogger.com/profile/04335705483244616965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-18066372411748927942011-02-19T08:25:00.000-08:002011-02-19T08:32:50.166-08:00Ms Clinton and the UN Gun Stealers<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">The United Nations, disguised as a well meaning arbiter of peace, decided a long time ago that regular people having guns is a bad thing. This fact would be undisputed by anyone who understood art and also noticed that large statue outside the UN (of a gun, with the barrel twisted in a knot. Note that this gun is not a military weapon). The reason for this - an armed citisenry like exists in Sweden and the US. Not knowing who has guns and how many of those would defend their rights against a one world or other hostile takeover would make taking over places like the US and Sweden a risky venture at the very least and quite possibly a fool's errand.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Enter Hilary Clinton. Enter the UN Small Arms Treaty.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once again, this is not an effort to promote world peace. This is not a nuclear ban or a control of military might. Nebulously disguised as an attempt to prevent terrorism, global mafias and insurgencies (ie revolutions which might ouster one-world happy dictators), this treaty is a global gun control power grab.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the end, it will require nations to register, confiscate and eventually ban firearms owned by private citisens. That's YOU and ME folks, not the mafiosi of the world. It's also, as usual, an assault on national sovereignty. Translation, another nail in the coffins prepared for independent minded nations like the United States.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like everything else nefariously planned by the United Nations, it is a binding treaty which calls for Congress to approve of it. (Isn't that sweet, a nation voting for it's own demise?!) </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Don't let your congress do this to you without your protest!! IT takes 65 Senate votes to approve of a treaty. As you know, once it gets passed congress, Obama will definitely sign it into law, so it's up to the Congress to stop it. But, there really isn't a solid pro-second amendment bloc in the Senate. Remember the confirmation of anti-gun Supreme Court Justice Sotamayor? Remember too how congress tends to back off making the President look bad on the world stage? And remember that our Secretary of State, appointed by the Obamanation himself, has promised to work closely with the United Nations to draft and promote this horrific idea.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Frankly the only way to defeat this nausea inspiring power grab is for every Senator in every district to believe that his or her seat is in grave danger if they get with this abhorrent program. <br /><br />Money talks and B******* walks. They won't vote for it if they believe they will lose their jobs. Perhaps they will stand and say 'The people have spoken, we won't do this.' But I doubt it. More likely they will bury it in committee like they have with many other nauseating treaties. Or perhaps they will even disappear into the night to avoid this measure coming up at all like they did in Wisconsin...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Honestly, any of those would suffice, though I'd rather someone like Rand Paul or his father stand up and say "This is against our Constitution, take this treaty and shove it where the sun don't shine." Hey, I can dream, can't it?</span></span>Lady Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10438953974326994533noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-35540707814357999402010-12-15T16:51:00.000-08:002010-12-15T16:51:59.253-08:00Kosovo PM Linked to Sale of Human Organs<strong>Reprinted with permission from <a href="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2010/12/15/kosovo-pm-linked-to-sale-of-human-organs/">2.0: The Blogmocracy</a></strong><br />
<strong><em>By <a href="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/">Rodan</a></em></strong><br />
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Hashim Thaci who was trained by AL-Qaeda in Afghanistan in the late 90′s and was the leader of their Kosovar affiliate, The KLA which has been linked to drug and human trafficking. This is no shocker to anyone who has been following the events in that region knew that not only were they Muslim Albanian Jihadists, they were also a criminal syndicate. It was these crimes and their terror attacked on Serbian civilians which lead in 98/99 to Serbia’s crackdown in the province. As usual the Progressives and Muslim nations claimed this was genocide and create false stories about the Serbs, just as they are doing with Israel <a href="http://www.goldstonereport.org/">today</a>. The United States by our bombing of Serbia, help create this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7990984.stm">Narco-Islamic</a> state. This Islamic and criminal regime is propped up by our tax dollars.<br />
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<blockquote><em>Hashim Thaci, who won re-election in the fledgeling country on Sunday, was described as the “most dangerous” of the leading mafia figures who emerged from the former Kosovo Liberation Army a decade ago. <strong>The report says that the West was aware of Mr Thaci’s crimes, yet backed his rise to power.</strong></em><br />
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<em>Members of his criminal organisation were said to be behind the trade in human organs when speciallyselected, mostly Serbian prisoners, were killed for their kidneys in a deal with an Albanian clinic, the report states.</em><br />
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<em>“As and when the transplant surgeons were confirmed to be in position and ready to operate, the captives were brought out of the ‘safe house’ individually, summarily executed by a KLA gunman, and their corpses transported swiftly to the operating clinic,” said the report, due to be debated by the Council of Europe tomorrow.</em><br />
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<em>The report concludes that Mr Thaci <strong>became “untouchable” because of his sponsorship by the United States</strong> and other western powers who were looking for a powerful figure to emerge as a political leader. <strong>Mr Thaci and his cronies remain free because key potential witnesses have been violently intimidated or killed</strong>, the report concludes</em></blockquote><br />
Read the rest: <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/kosovo-pm-is-mafia-boss-linked-to-drugs-and-sale-of-human-organs/story-e6frg6so-1225971333935">Kosovo PM ‘is Mafia boss linked to drugs and sale of human organs’</a><br />
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This is failure of US foreign policy. We gave created a haven for criminality and Jihad in Europe. Kosovo is an illegal nation as it’s a historical Serbian province which we illegally severed. While we claim we are fighting war on terror, we have enabled a terror regime in the Balkans. As the picture above shows, Bush who claims he was fighting terror smiles and shakes hands with a terrorist. As an American, I am ashamed of us supporting a vile organization like the KLA which is the Hamas of Europe. Clinton bombed Serbia, but it was Bush who recognized these criminals as a legitimate state.<br />
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Nice war on terror we have, we fight one Islamic group, while we support one of their affiliates. As the pictures below shows, it’s a Bi-Partisan problem.<br />
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Here’s Thaci and Biden.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1389blog.com/?attachment_id=49802" rel="attachment wp-att-49802"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-49802 aligncenter" height="188" src="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/Biden-Thaci-300x188.jpg" title="Biden-Thaci" width="300" /></a></div><br />
Here’s Madeline Albright and Thaci after the bombing of Serbia in 1999.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1389blog.com/?attachment_id=49803" rel="attachment wp-att-49803"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-49803 aligncenter" height="450" src="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/albrighthaci.jpg" title="albrighthaci" width="361" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">This is your tax dollars at work!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Please write your Congressmen to get all American aid to Kosovo cut off. We should have no part of a criminal regime engaged in terror and criminal activities.</div><br />
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<i><b>But wait, there's more...</b></i><br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v71wrVMZ-Jc">Organ-ized Crime: Kosovo organ trafficking busted</a></strong><br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PovDlLhxcBU">UN War Crimes Tribunal Aided the Continued Jihadi Organ-Harvesting in Kosovo</a></strong><br />
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<em>Warning: Raw language and graphic subject matter!</em><br />
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<b><em>Also see:</em></b><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/2008/12/stolen-kosovo.html" target="_blank">Documentaries on Jihad against the Serbs in Kosovo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/2009/04/bbc-crossing-continents-kosovo-organ.html" target="_blank">Crossing Continents</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/2009/02/kidnapped-and-murdered.html" target="_blank">Kidnapped and Murdered</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/2009/10/kosovo-can-you-imagine.html" target="_blank">Kosovo: Can you Imagine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/search/label/kosovo" target="_blank">Full KitmanTV Collection on Kosovo</a></li>
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<hr />1389http://www.blogger.com/profile/04335705483244616965noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-12190550706009968852010-07-25T11:06:00.000-07:002010-07-25T11:28:25.774-07:00The racism of Obama's Administration: SherrodI realize that Sherrod used the power and authority of her government position in the Agricultural Department in the 1980s to discriminate overtly against a farmer because he had white skin. Never mind that he is an American. She also used the phrase, "his people", code for white people because she no doubt uses "her people" to refer to people with black skin.<div><br /></div><div>White people have been duped since the Civil Rights era to buy the line or belief system that they are the only ones who are or can be "racist." Clearly with the NAACP, the new Black Panther Party, Vance Jones, and Ms. Sherrod, racism in the Obama administration directed at white people rampant. It is "got after whitey and make him pay." </div><div><br /></div><div>Enough already. We have paid and paid dearly for this multiculturalism and for the destruction of our educational system. I can say from personal observation though that many of our children regardless of the color of their skin are not receiving anywhere close to the educations we are paying for them to have access to. </div><div><br /></div><div>A few years ago, if one looked at the welfare programs we had for the "disadvantaged", our national debt equalled the amount of money we were paying into worthless programs. I consider the WIC program beneficial for some as many of our Native American families have benefited from that program as well as other programs for aid to dependent children. </div><div><br /></div><div>The one thing I like about the racism of Ms. Sherrod is that she admitted it and told of her abuse of office. Good for her. She's a racist looking our for "her people" and she says so.</div><div><br /></div><div>I would only remind folks that when the twin towers went down the joy of the Islamists was that Americans were killed, whether "her people" or not. The idea was to kill Americans because we are all seen as infidels. Just a day or so ago, I read an article that showed the NAACP in bed with a Muslim American group. According to the Islamist 20 year plan, one of their goal in their steps to overthrow America is to 'hoodwink' black politicians to advance the Islamists' goals.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is somewhat unsettling that our president supports racism in his White House and so with our "post racial" president, it seems we are becoming more distracted than ever.</div><div><br /></div><div>With health care designed to deny us care, we should all be worried but white skinned people more it seems to me. Our heads are on the chopping block and if one were a conspiracy theorist, one could say that the goal is to eradicate our ethnic group.</div><div><br /></div><div>So where is the National Association for the Survival of White People? Not the neo-Nazi stuff, just the average folks that know that their way of life and their lives are threatened.</div><div><br /></div><div>But for Ms. Sherrod, good for her. She called herself out for her own blatant racism and abuse of power in her taxpayer funded job. Does she belong in any government job, no. But if one cleared out all of the overtly racist, anti-white folks throughout Obama's administration, D.C. would probably be empty.</div><div><br /></div><div>Remember, the Islamists don't care what "race" you are. If you are an American, their goal is to kill you so in this case, the president better be looking out for all of "his people" which goes beyond skin color and starts and stops with Americans.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorry folks, I posted this here by mistake but think it can stand. The UN is our enemy as surely as Islamists are and 53 or more Islamic republics have representation in the UN and we the American taxpayer are paying for their corruption...</div>Beach Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210025685265415598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-4424395341324244872010-07-24T13:31:00.001-07:002010-07-24T13:31:51.870-07:00The ICJ Ruling and the Quisling Regime in Serbia<em><strong><a href="http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2010/07/24/the-icj-ruling-and-the-quisling-regime-in-serbia/">Originally posted at 2.0: The Blogmocracy</a></strong></em><br />
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In <strong><a href="http://www.balkanstudies.org/blog/icj-ruling-blow-serbia-boon-tadi%C4%87">ICJ Ruling: Blow to Serbia, Boon to Tadic</a></strong>, noted author and scholar Srdja Trifkovic explains that the current government in Serbia is, in effect, nothing but a puppet regime that is selling out the Serbian people, and Judaeo-Christian civilization in the Balkans, to jihadi forces in the Balkans. <br />
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The back story is that, ever since Reagan left office, the US, NATO, and the EU have worked to assist the jihadis to form a Muslim stronghold in the Balkans. Obviously, this is counter to the interests of the US and of the nations that form the EU. (See <a href="http://1389blog.com/2010/06/30/bosnia-and-kosovo-export-muslim-terrorism-everywhere/">Bosnia and Kosovo export Muslim terrorism everywhere</a>.) But our politicians and State Department bureaucrats do the bidding of Middle Eastern oil interests, George Soros, and other nefarious individuals and groups such as Muslim narcoterrorist drug gangs, who covertly bankroll prominent members of the elite in politics, academia, think tanks, the media, and other areas of influence. <br />
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As I have pointed out before, <a href="http://1389blog.com/2007/10/20/dissecting-the-un-debacle-in-kosovo/">the UN</a> is thoroughly <a href="http://1389blog.com/2007/08/01/petition-to-demand-investigation-of-un-bribery-scandal/">corrupt</a>. Just about all NGOs do the bidding of this transnational elite. That obviously includes supposedly "neutral" entities such as the ICJ. The bureaucrats who enjoy cushy jobs at NGOs know what side their bread is buttered on, and they also know what the consequences of defying their masters inevitably must be. <br />
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Because the current government in Belgrade is nothing but a powerless American puppet that does nothing to protect the interests of the Serbian people, it is no surprise that the Tadic government will use the decision of the ICJ as a way to try to sell the Serbian people on the idea that they had better give up Kosovo, and continue to throw the remaining Serbs stranded there, under the bus - or else.<br />
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As Dr. Trifkovic points out, the time frame is much longer than anybody in Washington or The Hague is capable of comprehending. <a href="http://1389blog.com/2007/10/13/what-happened-in-1389/">Kosovo has been Serbian as long as the Serbs have existed,</a> <a href="http://1389blog.com/2010/06/24/who-ya-gonna-call-blogmocracy-debunks-myths-about-the-serbs/">the truth will eventually come out,</a> and God is not mocked.<br />
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<blockquote><strong><a href="http://www.balkanstudies.org/blog/icj-ruling-blow-serbia-boon-tadi%C4%87">ICJ Ruling: Blow to Serbia, Boon to Tadic</a></strong><br />
<em>By Srdja Trifkovic<br />
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 13:20</em><br />
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Ever since the U.S. intervened in Serbia’s domestic politics two years ago and helped the current coalition take power in Belgrade, Boris Tadic and his cohorts have been looking for a way to capitulate on Kosovo while pretending not to. The formula was simple: place all diplomatic eggs in one basket – that of the International Court of Justice – and refrain from using any other political or economic (let alone military) tools at Serbia’s disposal. On July 22 the ICJ performed on cue, declaring that Kosovo’s UDI was not illegal. <br />
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It should be noted that the ICJ has only assessed Kosovo's declaration of independence; it has not considered more widely Kosovo's right to unilateral secession from Serbia. Furthermore, the ICJ has not assessed either the consequences of the adoption of the UDI, namely whether Kosovo is a state, or the legitimacy of its recognition by a number of countries. The ICJ decision was unsurprising in view of the self-defeating question which the UN General Assembly posed at Serbia's request: "Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?" As a former British diplomat who knows the Balkans well <a href="http://charlescrawford.biz/blog/the-icj-kosovo-ruling-now-what">has noted</a>, <span style="color: black;">international law takes no notice of declarations of independence, unilateral or otherwise; they are irrelevant:</span> <br />
<blockquote>[I]f the town council down the road here in the UK makes a solemn unilateral declaration of the town's independence from the UK, the rest of us will make a wry smile and go back to blogging or working. The declaration is 'in accordance' with UK law - free speech and all that. [ ... ] If citizens of our town en masse support the declaration of independence, put up road-blocks, stop paying taxes to Westminster and proclaim Vladimir Putin their new king with his consent, things begin to get more interesting. Norms are being created and broken in all directions.</blockquote><br />
The ICJ has done more than its share of norm-creation. Its advisory opinion is deeply flawed and non-binding, but the government in Belgrade now has a perfect alibi for doing what it had intended to do all along. <br />
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Following the appointment of Vuk Jeremic as Serbia’s foreign minister in 2007, this outcome could be predicted with near-certainty. As President Boris Tadic’s chief foreign policy advisor, Jeremic came to Washington on 18 May 2005 to testify in Congress on why Kosovo should stay within Serbia. In his subsequent off-the-record conversations, however, he <a href="http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?116726-The-Jeremic-Dossier&p=4288668&viewfull=1">assured his hosts</a> that the task was really to sugar-coat the bitter Kosovo pill that Serbia would have to swallow anyway. <br />
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Two years later another advisor to Tadic, Dr. Leon Kojen, resigned in a blaze of publicity after Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer <a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=04&dd=13&nav_id=40666">declared</a>, on April 13, 2007, “We are working with Boris Tadic and his people to find a way to implement the essence of the Ahtisaari plan.” <i>Tout Belgrade</i> knew that “Tadic’s people” meant—Vuk Jeremic. Gusenbauer’s indiscretion amounted to the revelation that Serbia’s head of state and his closest advisor were engaged in secret negotiations aimed at facilitating the detachment of Kosovo from Serbia—which, of course, <i>was</i> “the essence of the Ahtisaari plan.” Jeremic’s quest for sugar-coating of the bitter pill was evidently in full swing even before he came to the helm of Serbia’s diplomacy. <br />
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In the intervening three years Tadic and Jeremic have continued to pursue a dual-track policy on Kosovo. The decisive fruit of that policy was their disastrous decision to accept the European Union’s Eulex Mission in Kosovo in December 2008. Acting under an entirely self-created mandate, the EU thus managed to insert its mission, based explicitly on the provisions of the Ahtissari Plan, into Kosovo with Belgrade's agreement. <br />
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That was the moment of Belgrade’s true capitulation. Everything else -- the ICJ ruling included -- is just a choreographed farce… <br />
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The ICJ opinion crowns two decades of U.S. policy in the former Yugoslavia that has been mendacious and iniquitous in equal measure. By retroactively condoning the Albanian UDI, the Court has made a massive leap into the unknown. That leap is potentially on par with Austria’s July 1914 ultimatum to Serbia. The fruits will be equally bitter. <br />
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Aiding and abetting Muslim designs in the Balkans, in the hope that this will earn some credit for the United States in the Islamic world, has been a major motive of American policy in the region since at least 1992. It has never yielded any dividends, of course, but repeated failure only prompts the architects of the policy to redouble their efforts. <br />
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It is virtually certain that Washington will be equally supportive of an independent Sanjak that would connect Kosovo with Bosnia, or of <a href="http://www.balkanstudies.org/articles/jihadist-green-corridor-balkans">any other putative Islamistan</a>, from western Macedonia to southern Bulgaria ("Eastern Rumelia") to the Caucasus. The late Tom Lantos must be smiling approvingly wherever he is now, <a href="http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=480 called">having called</a>, three years ago, on “Jihadists of all color and hue” to take note of “yet another example that the United States leads the way for the creation of a predominantly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe.” <br />
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In the region, the ICJ verdict will encourage two distinct but interconnected trends: greater-Albanian aspirations against Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, and rump-Serbia (Preševo), and pan-Islamic agitation for the completion of the Green Corridor – an Islamic belt anchored in Asia Minor and extending north-westward across the Balkans into the heart of Central Europe. <br />
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Beyond the Balkans, it will breed instability in each and every potential or actual separatist hotspot, from Galilee to Kashmir, from the Caucasus to Sinkiang. <br />
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Kosovo is now an expensive albatross costing American and European taxpayers a few billion a year. It will continue developing, not as a functional economy but as a black hole of criminality and terrorism. The ever-rising and constantly unfulfilled expectations of its unemployable multitudes will eventually turn – Frankenstein’s monster-like – against the entity’s creator. There will be <a href="http://many%20ft.%20dixes%20to%20come/">many Ft. Dixes to come</a>, over there and here at home. <br />
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God acts in mysterious ways. Kosovo had remained Serbian during those five long centuries of Ottoman darkness, to be liberated in 1912. It is no less Serbian now, the ugly farce in Priština and at The Hague notwithstanding. It will be <i>tangibly</i> Serbian again when the current experiment in global hegemonism collapses, and when the very names of its potentates and servants – Boris Tadic and Vuk Jeremic included – are consigned to the Recycle Bin of history. </blockquote>Here's the same article <strong><a href="http://www.balkanstudies.org/blog/icj-ruling-serbian">in Serbian</a></strong>.<br />
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Be sure to visit <strong><a href="http://www.balkanstudies.org/blog">The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies</a></strong> to read many other articles about the Balkans counterjihad and how US and EU foreign policy has consistently favored our jihadi enemies.<br />
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<img alt="Kosovo is Serbia graphic, in Serbian" border="0" src="http://1389blog.com/pix/kosovo_je_srbija.jpg" />1389http://www.blogger.com/profile/04335705483244616965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-21683763931812590072009-05-12T07:01:00.000-07:002009-05-12T07:04:32.138-07:00UN supports pedophiles?Allow me to link a post written by MK at Crusader Rabbit: <a href="http://crusader-rabbit.blogspot.com/2009/05/un-now-fighting-for-pedophiles.html">UN now fighting for pedophiles</a>.<br /><br />If already linked here, my apologies.<br /><br />But it should come as no surprise that the UN is fighting for pedophiles while at the same time the UN wants to tax American citizens directly and essentially supports every Islamic terrorist state/nation that exists among its membership or seems to.Beach Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210025685265415598noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-71442935987624772362009-04-20T10:50:00.000-07:002009-04-20T11:16:25.260-07:00UN Rights of the Child TREATY must be stoppedThe purpose of this post is to link you to a post by WatchDog: <a href="http://mindlessandspineless.blogspot.com/2009/04/congress-is-attempting-to-take-your.html">Congress is attempting to take your parental rights away!</a><div><br /></div><div>We have been hearing and fighting for years the attempts of the United Nations to push its camel's nose under the tent of the sovereignty of the United States of America. Nothing new on that but..</div><div><br /></div><div>There seems to be a feeling of victory, a euphoria of power, churning in the Marxist-left of America's power elites that we have the votes, we have the power, and the time is now. Recall Hillary's It takes a village; and Obama's belief in the collective over the rights of the individual.</div><div><br /></div><div>In WatchDog's first paragraph these words ring out: "The Obama administration is poised to adopt the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child." </div><div><br /></div><div>This is a treaty pushed by the Obama administration, vehemently supported by Secretary of State Hillary CLINTON - a leading advocate and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) who, according to WatchDog, vows the treaty will be ratified.</div><div><br /></div><div>WatchDog's post delineates the parental rights and authority you will no longer have regarding your own children and their well-being.</div><div><br /></div><div>Like so many initiatives that are swirling around us in these first 100 days, just like Obama's G-20 agreement to allow our banking practices to be evaluated by foreign sources, this "treaty" is just one more Draconian nail that is intended to be driven through the heart of America's national sovereignty. </div>Beach Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210025685265415598noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-75136533517467458842009-04-05T22:09:00.000-07:002009-04-05T22:11:40.270-07:00International Response to North Korean Missile LaunchThe US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, was on ABC's This Week, April 5, 2009. She had a discussion with George Stephanopoulos on North Korea's missile launch and what the International response will be?<br /><br />STEPHANOPOULOS: So what will this international response be?<br /><br />RICE: Well, George, we have been in close consultation with our allies in Asia, in particular, Japan and South Korea about the appropriate response. We have consulted over the last several days, including this morning as well with the Russians and the Chinese.<br /><br />So the U.N. Security Council will meet this afternoon in emergency session. I'll be going up there straightaway. And we will be discussing the appropriate response. The United States believes that this action is best dealt with -- the most appropriate response would a United Nations Security Council resolution.<br /><br /><br />So what will this international response be? Translation: NOTHING<br /><br /><br />STEPHANOPOULOS: So there will be new sanctions toughening...<br /><br />RICE: George, we have 15 members of the Security Council and -- including the permanent five, so we all need to come together around this. But the United States' view is, this is serious, it's a violation, and it merits and appropriately strong United Nations response. We'll be...<br /><br /><br />So what will this international response be? Translation: NOTHING<br /><br /><br />STEPHANOPOULOS: But you can't say yet what those consequences will be. And there is no guarantee that the U.N. today or over the course of next week is going to impose sanctions on North Korea...<br /><br />(CROSSTALK)<br /><br />RICE: George, we need to continue to work closely with our allies Japan and South Korea, with partners in the Security Council to achieve united action. And that's what we will do.<br /><br /><br />So what will this international response be? Translation: NOTHING<br /><br /><br />transcript sources: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/04/susan_rice_on_this_week.html<br />http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/story?id=7261522&page=1<br /><br />Martha Raddatz said in the roundtable discussion that 'a forcebul statement' is probably all there is. She also said that Barack Obama is learning how difficult diplomatic relations can be and that the situation he is in is no different than what George Bush faced.<br /><br />Maybe the US can join its partners at the United Nations to solve this problem.<br /><br />UN Security Council fails to agree on North Korea reaction<br />Los Angeles Times - 3 hours ago<br />South Korea’s UN envoy Park In-kook, center, arrives for the UN Security Council emergency session in New York. The US sought a resolution as an appropriate ...<br /><br />So what will this international response be? Translation: NOTHING<br /><br />Stanford Matthews<br />MoreWhat.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-48471479510849446832009-03-27T06:28:00.001-07:002009-03-27T06:28:55.075-07:00UN's Attack on the Industrialized NationsWe are following the Piped Piper of Death when it comes to the newest UN's walk down the Climate Change Lane. Let's see: we are under attack by the Islamists to destroy Western Civilization and throw us back into their 7th Century; by the United States Obama Administration's march into Socialism/Totalitarianism that even the EU Socialists say is too much; and now we have to deal with the <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510937,00.html">U.N. 'Climate Change' Plan Would Likely Shift Trillions to Form New World Economy</a>. <br /><br />Let me add that in all three cases, we, the average American people, have no defenders in the "physical" realm except God if He wants to take further risks on us. Actually, our own government seems to be against us. Even one British MP says for us not to go down the road to socialized medicine but nothing will keep Obama from rationed health care. And his willful handmaiden, our own shrew, San Fran Nan, says we need to decrease our population - to paraphrase a time-worn mantra of "kill the unborn children." No need to limit ourselves to the unborn children when rationed health care can do the job by denying care to the very sick and/or the elderly.<br /><br />And from <a href="http://www.occ.gov.uk/activities/stern_papers/Key%20Elements%20of%20a%20Global%20Deal%20-Final01may.pdf">Key Elements of a Global Deal on Climate Change</a> by Nicholas Stern, Lord Stern of Brentford, we have (from page 3) an interesting note on "transfer resources and technologies to developing countries" by industrial nations - which would be the United States:<br /><br />"Developed countries will need to take on immediate and binding national <br />emissions targets, demonstrate that they can achieve low carbon growth, and <br />transfer resources and technologies to developing countries, before developing <br />countries take on binding national targets of their own by 2020." <br /><br />H/T to Matt Drudge and his link: "UN Climate Scheme: Reordering world economy, trillions in wealth transfer, sweeping 'industrial relocation'..." Americans have already "transferred" trillions of dollars of their wealth down the rabbit hole.<br /><br />But I just cannot help myself and ask how much money Al Gore is getting with his "carbon footprints" hocuspocus magic trick?<br /><br />Americans - as do many citizens in other industrial nations - need defenders and statesmen in elected office and right now they are few and far between.<br /><br />To me, there is no question that the United Nations is in frontal attack against the United States of America. Let's kick them out of Turtle Bay and give the property to the homeless. They'd make better use of the place even if they trashed it...<br /><br />(Cross-posted at Conservative Beach Girl)Beach Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210025685265415598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-61391671124049852312009-03-12T06:40:00.000-07:002009-03-12T06:44:55.524-07:00UN SecGen Ban calls US "deadbeat"<a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090312/D96S52TO2.html">Oh, the irony.</a> We throw away over $1 billion annually, handing it over to an organization largely comprised of single party or totalitarian governments, lorded over by non-elected political appointees...and the presiding appointee wants to call the United States a "deadbeat"? <br /><br />Wow. Take a good long look in the mirror, Mr. Ban. The organization you head is a true deadbeat, a political sacred cow that has long since lost its relevance to the world.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06788171344124235068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-11788480609183577562009-02-19T23:47:00.000-08:002009-02-19T23:51:34.081-08:00Obama, Race and Durban IIMore on the Obama Adminisration and troubling trends are in the news. It is not a surprise nor necessarily atypical for a President of one political party to undo that of a former President of another party. The Obama Administration rescinded the Mexico City Policy ban on funding foreign abortions which has a history of reversals with each change in President of the opposing party. He appeared to be reversing policy on Gitmo but the jury is still out on that one. And the liberal fringe is not happy about the new President's action or inaction on Iraq and Afghanistan or some other matters.<br /><br />Does it seem odd to you that the President Obama's first foreign trip was to Canada while his new Secretary of State headed for Indonesia and China and the rest of Asia? It is not unlike an opinion voiced by Rush Limbaugh on news the President does not favor the Fairness Doctrine. El Rushbo suggests we should not be optimistic about the news in that Obama did not say something like he would not sign or would veto such legislation. Alternatively, Limbaugh suggested it as a trait of the new liberal President to not spend political capital when he can get others to do it. That may also explain his trip to Canada. And Hillary is simply trying to add to her lacking resume' for 2012. But Canada is boycotting Durban II. Hmmm.<br /><br />That brings us to this issue, Durban II. The US and Israel were the only countries to vote against it in 2001 or beyond. Now that Obama is in office funny how the UN's agenda on race again takes center stage. In the past there was the suggestion that opponents of Israel would use the opportunity to gain advantage by using international events to portray Israel and/or the US as racist. Given Obama and Holder's notable quotes on the topic this may be of some concern to the public at large. Another reversal of Bush 43 policy which may also prove to be dangerous.<br /><br />Stanford Matthews<br /><a href="http://morewhat.com/wordpress/">MoreWhat.com</a><br /><br /><h3><a href="http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/18/1003087/op-ed-boycott-durban-ii">Op-Ed: Boycott Durban II</a></h3> Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY - Feb 18, 2009<br />The April 2009 Durban II conference promises to top that fiasco, despite the Obama administration's decision to attempt to influence the process. ...<br /><br /><h3><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/02/19/can-the-united-states-fix-durban-ii/">Can the United States fix Durban II?</a></h3> Reuters - Feb 18, 2009<br />Israel and Canada have already announced they would boycott “Durban II,” as the conference is being called, and the Bush administration was opposed to the ...<br /><br /><h3><a href="http://www.humanrights-geneva.info/Obama-officials-meet-U-S-Jews-to,4142">Obama officials meet US Jews to explain their Durban II policy</a></h3> Human Rights Tribune, Switzerland - Feb 18, 2009<br />Jerusalem fears that the "Durban II" summit, set to be held in Geneva this April, will be used by Arab nations and others as a forum to criticize Israel as ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-43645423394118281562009-01-29T19:46:00.001-08:002009-01-29T20:18:41.111-08:00Obama, Clinton Send Political Clone to the UNAnother in a long list of additions to the Obama Administration reinforces the concern that while Hillary Rodham Clinton was unsuccessful in becoming President she succeeded in establishing a third Clinton term in spite of the loss. Susan Rice is US Ambassador to the United Nations and was a member of the Obama Biden Transition Team as well as senior foreign policy adviser for their 2008 campaign.<br /><br />It has been said of Obama that filling vacancies from the previous administration demonstrates a preference for persons with impressive resumes' in both education and experience. This selection was no departure from that criteria or strategy. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_E._Rice">A Wikipedia account of Dr Rice</a> states her father told her to 'never use race as an excuse or advantage' and that she was concerned her accomplishments would be viewed as the result of affirmative action. Her personal success is impressive. It is possible she hails from a family with above average means so affirmative action should be a moot point. But what if any is the role of nepotism?<br /><br />Madeleine Albright is described in the same account as a family friend and mentor to Rice. She urged Clinton to appoint Rice as an Assistant Secretary of State in 1997. While she impressed many and certainly enough to be confirmed others felt she was inexperienced and inflexible. A few years in the Clinton Administration and then to the Brookings Institution. A common career path for unemployed public servants similar to former Congressman becoming lobbyists. Next up the Clinton Obama Wars and filling the Administration with former staff to appease the Clinton clan before the convention. Oh there's no nepotism here. And this is not a criticism directed at Rice for it is the case with most if not all Obama selections. So how is that working or shaping up for the average citizen?<br /><br />Regarding President Obama's election UN Sec Gen Ban Ki Moon expressed '<a href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2009/sgsm12057.doc.htm">Our goals are shared. Together, the United States of America and the United Nations can look forward to a new era of strong and effective partnership, delivering results and the change we need</a>.' If you take that statement at face value avoid persons selling infrastructure in Brooklyn or vacant land in Florida. Moon had more to say. <span class="fullstory"><a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29652&Cr=barack+obama&Cr1="> Earlier this week, he welcomed Mr. Obama's election “with great optimism,” noting that the UN and US have many common goals</a>. By his own admission and that of Obama and Clinton these goals include but are not limited to the following:<br /><br />United Nations reform (which will never happen)<br /><br />Climate Change (or the promotion of more gloom and doom)<br /><br />The Darfur Peace Process ( which does not exist, resembles the climate change item and is as likely to fail as that in the Middle East )<br /><br />Global Economic Crisis (his words, and something these spendthrifts no nothing about )<br /><br />But what Ban Ki Moon and the rest of the posse at the UN were really interested in was this.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-29-voa12.cfm">UN Launches $613 Million Appeal for Gaza</a><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-29-voa12.cfm"><br />By Lisa Schlein<br />Geneva<br />29 January 2009 <br /><br />The United Nations is appealing for $613 million to help tens of thousands of people in Gaza recover from the three-week Israeli military offensive in the Palestinian territory. The money will provide life-saving assistance over the next six to nine months. The U.N. appeal was launched at the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss alpine village of Davos.<br /><br />U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is the first world leader to enter Gaza since Israel imposed a blockade on the Palestinian territory in June 2007. He describes his distress at what he saw.</a><br /><br />And how does Moon qualify for the designation in the report above as a 'world leader'? More to the point is what does the UN do besides make headlines and statements when they're not collecting money and using it for who knows what? Could it be that aside from all the other conspiracy theories about the UN that they are quite happy with the Middle East conflict as another venue to work their craft of separating people from their money and giving it to their friends? If you object to that suggestion please explain why none of their 'programs' end in success or just end? Sustaining conflict in the world would be of benefit to them given their methods of operation.<br /><br />So what does Dr Rice bring to the party?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29682&Cr=Obama&Cr1=">26 January 2009 – There is no more important forum for effective cooperation among States that the United Nations, the new ambassador of the United States to the United Nations stressed today, following her first meeting with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.<br /><br />“I am looking very much forward to engaging in a cooperative, constructive fashion with my colleagues here in New York. I will listen, I will engage and I will work to advance United States interests, recognizing that in many, many instances, our national interests are best advanced when we are working hand in hand with that of others,” Susan Rice told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York.<br /><br />Ms. Rice said she had an “excellent meeting” with the Secretary-General, covering a range of issues including climate change, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), UN peacekeeping, non-proliferation, Sudan and the situation in the Middle East.<br /><br />“The United Nations is a vitally important institution. It has great potential. It still has room for great improvement,” she said, adding that she and Mr. Ban also touched on the challenge of making the Organization more effective and more efficient.<br /><br />She recalled that President Barack Obama had wanted to place the US at the centre of the fight against poverty, and had stated that the MDGs – the globally agreed targets to slash poverty and other development challenges by 2015 – were now US goals. </a><br /><br />Based on President Obama rescinding The Mexico City Policy, the liberal thirst for abortion and a press conference by the executive director of the UN population fund the crew must be drunk with sadistic pleasure over the spoils of a political victory. Here's the damming evidence from the UN press conference in their own words.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2009/090127_UNFPA.doc.htm">“President Obama’s actions sent a strong message about his leadership and strategic vision to support causes that will promote peace and development, equity and dignity, equality for women and girls and economic empowerment of the poor in all regions of the world,” she said. With the resumption of United States funding, UNFPA would be able to maintain recent gains during the current financial crisis and provide support to women in the poorest countries of the world. United Nations Member States had repeatedly said that progress for all would not happen without progress for women. That meant making women’s health, rights and equality an international priority.<br /><br />She also welcomed the decision of the new United States administration to revoke the Mexico City policy, which paved the way for a restored United States partnership with some of the world’s leading non-governmental organizations that provide family planning services around the world. Access to safe and effective voluntary family planning, as Mr. Obama had said, was one of the most effective ways of preventing unwanted pregnancies and empowering women and men to plan their families. If a woman could not take decisions about her own fertility, she could not make decisions about anything else in her life.</a><br /><br />And the final expression of support for 'safe' abortions as 'family planning'.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2009/090127_UNFPA.doc.htm">To a question about family planning, she said that its importance was demonstrated by the fact that unsafe abortion was considered the second leading cause of death for African women. Women who did not have access to family planning would go to have unsafe abortions, which often led to death.</a><br /><br />Translation:: The money is used to pay for abortions the 'patient' cannot afford which would lead to back alley practitioners who care less about the patient than the liberals care about the unborn child. And 'family planning' is liberal-speak for abortion. The only reason they support contraception is political. It gives them another pork item to support in legislation and lets them believe they have convinced you they are trying to do things the right way. Could it be any more pathetic?<br /><br />So Dr Susan Rice will be doing the bidding of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill and Hillary Clinton. Keep in mind both Clinton and Obama rescinded the Mexico City Policy. Also notable is Obama's weakness for ACORN and voter and campaign finance fraud as well as the Clintons' scandal history including illegal transfers of sensitive technology via Chinagate. The perils of international politics grow larger. And the threat is not always from without but within.<br /><br />Stanford Matthews<br /><a href="http://morewhat.com/wordpress/">MoreWhat.com</a><br /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-90059068911949265992008-11-20T11:31:00.000-08:002008-11-20T11:32:01.151-08:00I hate the UN: $23 million mural paid for in part with foreign aid funds.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; "><p style="text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong>The U.N. Human Rights Council, frequently accused of coddling some of the world's most repressive governments, threw itself a party in Geneva Tuesday that featured the unveiling of a $23 million mural paid for in part with foreign aid funds.</strong></p><p style="text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In a ceremony attended by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo told the press that his 16,000-square-foot ceiling artwork reminded him of "an image of the world dripping toward the sky" — but it reminded critics of money slipping out of relief coffers.</p><p style="text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"In Spain there's a controversy because they took money out of the foreign aid budget — took money from starving children in Africa — and spent it on colorful stalactites," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of U.N. Watch.</p></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,5715,00.html" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; ">Click here to see photos of the $23 million ceiling art.</a></span></div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-4470161446784598222008-08-07T05:55:00.000-07:002008-08-07T06:03:43.864-07:00A Vow from the United Nations<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/iraq_un_dc"><br /></a><a>"Violent incidents and casualties have declined and we have witnessed<br />the improved performance of Iraq security forces during a series of<br />operations," said Lynn Pascoe, U.N. undersecretary-general for<br />political affairs.</a><br /><br />Lynn Pascoe may 'have witnessed' the improvements but failed to<br />recognize in this quote that the US military is solely responsible for<br />the success. Funny how the UN is quick to criticize the US, do<br />little or nothing to support the effort, make casual reference to<br />improved conditions on the ground and whine that political progress is<br />needed. Besides being the same old tired response, it is<br />certainly not timely, insightful or valuable.<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/iraq_un_dc"><br /></a><a>In a briefing for the U.N. Security Council, Pascoe said that it was<br />necessary to cement security gains with "strengthened and sustained<br />political dialogue" among the country's rival factions.</a><br /><br />This partial quote hardly merits comment as it is simply a continuation<br />of the anemic sideline play-by-play offered by the United Nations.<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/iraq_un_dc"></a><a><br />"The U.N. has been doing all it can to urge practical compromises,"<br />Pascoe said. "A failure to come to agreement on a law at this time<br />would be a major setback, not only for the prospects of elections this<br />year but for the larger process of national reconciliation in Iraq."</a><br /><br />Almost like an endless loop cassette the UN expresses what everyone has<br />already heard or read from numerous other sources. Would it be<br />too much to ask that the United Nations use their lackluster influence<br />on their own membership to expedite solutions by tabling the separate<br />member agendas and advancing proposals in the best interests of the<br />target country, in this case, Iraq. And perhaps they could<br />convince those holding prominent positions in the Iraqi 'government' to<br />delay their self-serving practices used for personal gain until the<br />ordinary citizens are afforded something that resembles a 'normal' life.<br /><br />As for the opening of the last quote, 'the UN has been doing all it<br />can....' is certainly as understatement. That an organization can<br />continue to present such absurd statements in view of all they have<br />never done says it all. The only possible use for the UN is<br />providing a mouthpiece for members to express views for which they do<br />not want to take the heat. It is easier to let the organization<br />(UN) receive the criticism rather than the real source(s).<br />Everyone is guilty so no one accepts blame. The sad history of<br />international politics continues as it always has and the United<br />Nations plays its role in supporting the insanity.<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/iraq_un_dc"><br /></a><a>The Security Council is expected to vote on Friday to extend the<br />mandate of the U.N. mission in Iraq, which has vowed to expand the role<br />of the United Nations there.</a><br /><br />Here is a vow you can count on. Do you remember what the UN<br />mission did in Iraq when the heat was turned up last time?<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3150834.stm">UN leaves<br />skeleton staff in Iraq<br /><br />Last Updated: Tuesday, 30 September, 2003, 06:56 GMT 07:56 UK<br /><br />The United Nations has again cut the number of its international staff<br />in Iraq due to security concerns, leaving fewer than 50 foreign<br />employees in the country.<br /><br />More than 30 UN international staff pulled out of Iraq over the<br />weekend, but UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said other staff were still<br />entering Iraq.<br /><br />Before the 19 August car bomb attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad<br />that killed 22 people, the UN had more than 600 staff in Iraq. </a><br /><br />Why does the UN need a mission is Iraq? They certainly can<br />provide nothing from a remote location. Or is it to justify more<br />donations from member countries like, I don't know, the US? If<br />anyone can cite examples when the United Nations did something<br />impressive, please advise.<br /><br />Stanford Matthews<br /><a href="http://morewhat.com/wordpress/">MoreWhat.com</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-80874533079139562222008-07-31T11:14:00.000-07:002008-07-31T11:22:08.216-07:00<p><b></b></p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><p><b><b><blockquote></blockquote>U.N. Site Truly a Garbage Dump</b> </b></p><b> </b><p><b>The United Nations' world headquarters in New York City lies on a foundation of rotten garbage — literally. </b></p><b> </b><p><b>The world body recently began a six-year, $2 billion renovation project known as the Capital Master Plan. As workers began prepping the 38-story Secretariat for renovations, a "rotten eggs" smell began seeping from one of the underground levels below the building. </b></p><b> </b><p><b>Suspecting that a gas line may have been punctured, workers for the Skanska Corporation, the lead contractor, had the U.N. order a limited evacuation of the Secretariat. </b></p><b> </b><p><b>Several hours later, Skanska and U.N. officials, joined by utility company and fire department personnel, traced the smell not to a gas line, but to a vast underground landfill</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.newsmax.com/insider_report/FCC_Wants_to_Protect_Rush/2008/07/13/112617.html">Source Here </a>- scroll down to No. 3.<br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p></blockquote><b><br /></b><p><b><br /></b><span style="font-style: italic;">Somewhere in the world, the person responsible is laughing hysterically and I am laughing with him. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">How very, very fitting.</span><b><br /><br /><br /></b></p>Lady Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10438953974326994533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-80737199521590494832008-07-13T23:46:00.001-07:002008-07-14T00:06:16.300-07:00UN Threatens Religious Freedom and National Sovereignty<div align="center"><em><strong>"First, they came for the socialists,<br />and I did not speak out<br />because I was not a socialist.<br />Then they came for the trade unionists,<br />and I did not speak out<br />because I was not a trade unionist.<br />Then they came for the Jews,<br />and I did not speak out<br />because I was not a Jew.<br />Then they came for me,<br />and there was no one<br />left to speak for me."<br /></strong></em>- Martin Niemoller (1892-1984)</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">I suppose it was only a matter of time before the one worlders in the UN decided to launch an attack on freedom of religion. Actually, they have been doing it for a while, but they are tightening the noose with greater and greater pressure on countries who believe it is in their best interest to bend the knee to the almighty UN. The one of the more recent abominations is the "<a href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/hrcn1082.doc.htm"><span style="color:#ff9966;">UN Resolution on Defamation of Religion</span></a>." The link goes to a UN press release about the monstrous document.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">This is the brainchild of the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference). The OIC started ramming the idea down the throat of the world after 9/11 and increased the pressure after the infamous Mohammed Cartoons. According to Pakistani President Musharraf, it was necessary due to "desperation and injustice" felt in the Muslim world because of the cartoons, counter-terrorism measures, immigration laws and the like. The non-binding document passed 108 to 51, with 25 abstentions. The US was one of those who voted against it.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Leo said it was because <em>'this resolution is incomplete inasmuch as it fails to address the situation of all religions. We believe that such inclusive language would have furthered the objective of promoting religious freedom. We also believe that any resolution on this topic must include mention of the need to change educational systems that promote hatred of other religions, as well as the problem of state-sponsored media that negatively targets any one religion, or people of a certain faith.'</em></span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Well, he does partially get it.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">The resolution benignly states that everyone has the right to freedom of expression. All well and good, everyone does have that right. However, the document is not a call to tolerance of all faiths. In addition, it is filled with lies. While pointing out a 'negative projection of Islam in the media,' it also says that 'Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism.' </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">OK, so Buddhists and Jews populate Al-Quieda, I suppose. And I suppose that people in the Sudan are not enslaved and tortured for their beliefs? I suppose it is not a human rights violation to arrest a woman for being alone with the men who raped her. Right and I am a tiger lily.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">The fact is that acts of torture under Islamic rule are verified, discrimination against non-Muslims takes place in many Islamic countries on a regular basis and non-Muslims are frequently persecuted in the name of the prophet. It is true that not every Islamic country persecutes actively. Kuwait is pretty tolerant, and Turkey as well. However, Muslims around the world need to acknowledge that there are places out there that do these things in the name of their faith. </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">And another thing, as pointed out by bloggers who were as diverse as the rainbow (such as Pagans, Christians, and Humanists), <span style="color:#ff0000;">WHAT exactly is defamation</span>?</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Is it defamation to point out that the man who committed an honour killing last week was a Muslim? Is it defamation to mention that Mohammad had people killed if they disagreed with him? Is it defamation to criticise the tenants of Islam by doing a critique of the Koran? Without a definition, many atrocities could take place and persecution could result in countries that were not outwardly Muslim if a Muslim managed to be offended too strongly.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="color:#996633;">I know it has nothing to do with freedom of religion and the free exercise thereof as defined in the US Constitution.</span> It does not take a rocket scientist to deduce this if you look at those who voted in favour of this resolution. <span style="color:#cc9933;">Muslim countries could not possibly have meant to criticize their own behaviour; they could not have wanted to embarrass their own governments</span>. Included in the list of those who voted for the resolution are: Bhutan: No idea what freedom of religion is. China: Not Free (they regulate everyone from Christians to Feng Shui experts) Cuba: not free for years Pakistan: They cannot even decide if it is ok for other Muslims to play instruments Russia: Not as bad as they were before, but the noose is tightening again. Saudi Arabia: Very oppressive. My ex could not buy a coke when he was stationed there because the company was 'owned by Jews' and magazines would be cut to pieces by censors before they arrived by anything other than military mail. </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Not only this but the document sez what while <em>'everyone has the right to freedom of expression</em>,' it should be <em>'exercised with responsibility and may'</em> (there had to be a *but* in here somewhere) <em>'be subject to limitations as provided by law and necessary for respect of the rights or reputations of others, protection of national security or of public order, public health or morals...'</em> Ahem. In other words, freedom of religion can be regulated to death in the name of public order.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"><br />This is how non-secular Muslim nations behave now. And the hidden agenda of the whole exercise is to make it politically impossible to criticise Islam. And considering the fact that simply converting to another faith, belonging to another faith, or evangelising for another faith is illegal and punishable in many Muslim countries, it makes sense that defamation includes all of the above. Converting is a criticism of Islam. If Islam were fine, one would not leave it. Believing in another faith indicates that one does not put faith in Mohammad or the Koran, which indicates that you see error. In addition, evangelism often includes apologetics, which is a direct criticism, and involves at least one and possibly two of the other 'attacks' listed above even if no discussion of comparative religions actually occurs.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Therefore, you see, this resolution is an attempt to put a muzzle of the free expression of religion all over the world. (What the Muslims dont get is that eventually, in the New World Order, they will be outlawed too. Those who wish to dominate the world have no problem indulging 'fanatics' for a time in order to achieve their goals.) Judging from the blogs I have read, running the gamut including Pagan, Christian and Humanist, I think that many people have figured the first part of this out. And I am glad of it.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><em><strong><span style="color:#ff9966;">What few officials discuss, however, is the attack on national sovereignty this piece of work actually is. </span></strong></em></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">The document states: <em>The Council also strongly urges States within the framework of their own legal and constitutional systems to provide adequate protection against acts of hatred, discrimination, intimidation and coercion resulting from defamation of religions, to take all possible measures to promote tolerance and respect for all religions and their value systems and to complement legal systems with intellectual and moral strategies to combat religious hatred and intolerance.</em></span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">In other words, the UN gets to tell other people what laws need to be enacted to make sure nobody picks on Muslims. We do not get to keep our own constitutions, unless of course they make the right provisions. </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Then, the document <em>'urges States to closely control all public officials including members of law enforcement bodies, the military, civil servants and educators, so that in the course of their official duties, they respect different religions … and that training is provided to this effect.'</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"><em><br /></em>In other words, making stupid, unenforceable documents like the UN Resolution are not acceptable on a national level. Actual nation-states are supposed to create or train a thought police.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">It is non-binding, of course. However, everyone knows that on the world stage, once the UN speaks people are expected to listen. And they have started to do so. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"><br /></span></div><blockquote><span style="color:#000099;">- Award-winning author Mark Steyn has been summoned to appear before two<br />Canadian Human Rights Commissions of vague allegations of "subjecting Canadian<br />Muslims to hatred and contempt" for comments in his book, "America Alone"<br />- In the United Kingdom, police announced plans to arrest a bloggers for<br />"anti-Muslim" statements.<br />- In the United States, a plaintiff sued his Internet service provider for refusing "to prevent participants in an online chat room from posting or submitting harassing comments that blasphemed and defamed plaintiff's Islamic religion."<br /></span><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69163"><span style="color:#ffcc33;">(source)</span></a></blockquote><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"><br />The US needs to kick the UN off US soil and withdraw. Unfortunately, unless more people think like Ron Paul, it will not happen.<br /><br />Sources for further reading:<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#993399;"><em>http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/hrcn1082.doc.htm (the original document)</em></span></div><div align="left"><br /><em><span style="color:#993399;">http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=13958&Cr=religion&Cr1= (Un Press Release)</span></em></div><div align="left"><br /><em><span style="color:#993399;">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69163 (WorldNet Daily Article)</span></em></div><div align="left"><br /><em><span style="color:#993399;">https://www.aclj.org/petition/Default.aspx?AC=DNE0807017&SC=3359 (American Center for Law and Justice Petition ot the UN)</span></em></div><div align="left"><br /><em><span style="color:#993399;">http://www.iheu.org/node/2816 (international humanist and Ethical Union Article)</span></em></div><div align="left"><br /><em><span style="color:#993399;">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/un-resolution-protects-only-islam-from-defamation (Sweetness and Light - Scroll down to the "Ask the Imam" section, where an Imam describes what "Freedom of expression" and "Freedom of Religion" means in an Islamic State)</span></em></div><div align="left"><br /><em><span style="color:#993399;">http://www.volokh.com/posts/1170874980.shtml (Interesting political theory about this topic)</span></em></div><div align="left"><br /><em><span style="color:#993399;">http://www.aina.org/news/2008079165111.htm (The Assyrian take on it)</span></em></div>Lady Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10438953974326994533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-63101834081105419052008-05-27T14:47:00.000-07:002008-05-27T14:49:53.738-07:00UN's zero-tolerance policy on child molestation a sham<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/27/charity.aidworkers/index.html?0999">From CNN</a>:<br /><blockquote>Children as young as 6 have been forced to have sex with aid workers and peacekeepers in return for food and money, Save the Children UK said in a report released Tuesday.<br /><br />After interviewing hundreds of children, the charity said it found instances of rape, child prostitution, pornography, indecent sexual assault and trafficking of children for sex.<br /><br />"It is hard to imagine a more grotesque abuse of authority or flagrant violation of children's rights," said Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive of Save the Children UK.<br /><br />In the report, "No One To Turn To" a 15-year-old girl from Haiti told researchers: "My friends and I were walking by the National Palace one evening when we encountered a couple of humanitarian men. The men called us over and showed us their penises.<br /><br />"They offered us 100 Haitian gourdes ($2.80) and some chocolate if we would suck them. I said, 'No,' but some of the girls did it and got the money."<br /><br />Save the Children says that almost as shocking as the abuse itself is the "chronic under-reporting" of the abuses. It believes that thousands more children around the world could be suffering in silence.</blockquote>If you read the whole thing you'll find mention of an investigation that started last year, where a handful were jailed, and a few others faced the gallows, er, I mean they were <i>dismissed</i> or <i>repatriated</i>. Talk about effective deterrence.Stanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246638715771369545noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-65936371585355264182008-02-21T09:43:00.000-08:002008-02-25T15:57:00.938-08:00The Balkan Crisis All Over Again?<p>Will tensions erupt over Kosovo's looming independence? That is the question that has sparked debate across much of Europe and in the United States.</p> <p>British and NATO troops have been deployed <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7256158.stm" target="_blank">to help maintain the peace</a> which, as you might have expected, is a fragile one.</p> <p>Russia, naturally, opposes Kosovo's independence, and does not recognize the new country, while America, the UK, Germany and Italy have all officially declared Kosovo's sovereignty.</p> <p>The brutal civil war that swept across Serbia in the 1990's should be a reminder to all free nations that we must quickly intervene if violence spreads. Tyrant-States like Russia benefit from instability, but the Free World does not, and never will.</p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/17/narmy117.xml" target="_blank">Britain has sent her last troops into the region</a>, and hopefully other European nations will follow the UK's lead. While it is unlikely that the same levels of genocidal slaughter will occur, it is always better to err on the side of caution. In Africa thousands of lives could have been saved if the West had responded sooner in such critical locations as Rwanda and Liberia. The United Nations has made sure that this sort of swift, effective action will never occur.</p> <p>This is the duty and responsibility of Free Nations. Our wealth, our strength, and our ideals all dictate that we stand up for Peace and Freedom wherever it is threatened, and at whatever cost. The alternative is allowing <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51587-2005Feb24.html" target="_blank">oppressive dictators of the world</a> free reign.</p> <p>There are greater dangers than terrorism in the world. Terrorism is just a symptom of a larger strategic battle, as is the instability and poverty and civil war in Africa. Poverty is a problem. The lack of women's rights is a problem. Islam is a problem. When poverty, the suppression of women, radical Islam, and no free speech or free press are combined, the seeds of terrorism and revolution are easily sown. This lack of stability is a perfect weapon for Tyrant States and Rogue Nations such as Syria, Russia, China, and Iran.</p> <p>People have scoffed at Bush's "Axis of Evil." I only wish he had included more nations under that umbrella.</p> <p>And isn't it also funny how many of these Tyrant States and Rogue Nations have a say in the UN Security Council? Does that not cast doubt on the validity of that organization?</p> <p>It is high time that the Free World casts off the chains and constraints that the corrupt United Nations has bound us with. The UN should act as nothing more than a summit for diplomats. America and our Allies should not be held back by the agendas of the corrupt, nor by the policies of totalitarian, fascist, or theocratic States, whose agendas are beyond suspect. How can we ever hope to fight, let alone win, the War on Terror if we are forced to compromise with the Sudan, Syria, or other Terrorist sponsors?</p> <p><a href="http://neoconstant.com">A new alliance</a> must be formed. America is the leader of the free world, but in the coming years we will need strong allies. Before Europe becomes Eurabia, let us hope they build up not just a strong military, but a social bulwark against Islamification. The first step in this process should be abandoning the UN, whose member States have banned any and all criticism of Islam, essentially rendering that organizations' efforts against terrorism null.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-79523106421374575702008-01-03T11:18:00.000-08:002008-01-03T11:27:16.067-08:00John Bolton's Surrender is not an OptionIn Surrender is not an Option, John Bolton does not disappoint; if anything, his words based upon his experience will infuriate. He addresses the UN, the EU and the interesting point that England and France are part of the Permanent Five on the Security Council but both have given up national sovereignty for the EU, thus giving the EU more "say" on the Security Council, more "veto" votes. One could argue that the EU undermines the intent of the United Nations' Charter and one could further argue that the North American Union will further weaken United States of America's influence while doing nothing to lower our "assessed" monetary contribution. Bolton suggests "voluntary" payment of such assessments and to that I say, good idea! Let's do the same with our taxes. Pay the assessed taxes on a voluntary basis - if we see our money supporting people who abuse the system; cut them off...;<br /><br />Although not specifically referencing Election 2008, Ambassador Bolton writes these words on page 407, "As a career Foreign Service officer once said, if the American people knew how we formulated policy, they would be after us with pitchforks."<br /><br />Well, don't be blinded by the politicians of the liberal left seeking the presidency or by those on the right who tout "the new world order and globlization. What the left cannot get through legislation, they get through activist liberal judges; what they cannot get through activist judges, they will get through the UN one incremental step at a time undermining our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, starting with "grabbing" your handguns - how? By making the Constitution of the United States "bow" to the dictates of the EU through the UN, by eroding our national sovereignty.<br /><br />The United Nations is NOT our friend; with a few exceptions, the nations there are not our friends; and they seek to destroy us through one treaty, one accord, or another. <br /><br />Our Election 2008 does not end at our shores; the results can further chart our destruction right here at Turtle Bay in New York City. America, the United States of America, does not need any terrorists even half as determined at the nations of the UN aligned against us. Between the Executive Orders of the Clinton years, the Signing Statements of the Bush 43 years, and the various anti-Americanism as well as anti-Semiticism of the UN historically - we'll need a sharp "America-first" president to protect us from the machinations of many UN members. As an aside, we may want to recommend that the EU, formulated as it is as a "nation", have only one seat on the Security Council. Hey, they wanted the EU - the European Union - they've got it.<br /><br />Read John Bolton's book, Surrender is not an Option, from the beginning. It'll make you disgusted; even more so when it finallt dawns how little he was really able to tell us - the American people - in those 456 pages.<br /><br />Surrender is not an option but pulling in the UN and many of its mighty little anti-American potentates is a must. Also, we need to enact our laws against treason and such against our liberal leftists when they cross the line. But we must reduce our contributions to the UN and fund only the programs that 1) work and 2) have "supplied by the United States of America" on the bags of food, medicines, and other items we supply. <br /><br />We simply do not need to pander to the Islamists and other anti-American factions of the UN. We certainly don't need to give them access to such good real estate, and we don't need to burden or add to New York City's crime/criminal element. <br /><br />We must be even more wary of the UN as its member-states work to undermine our national sovereignty. Let's follow the UN Charter or pull out...Beach Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210025685265415598noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-27589835257320446912007-12-28T10:38:00.000-08:002007-12-28T10:51:40.485-08:00Another Threat to Sovereignty<span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>It seems that our fearless leaders who hang out around the beltway seem to believe that it's not a good thing to be a US citisen anymore. It's far better, evidently, to be subject to a universal, world organisation. And they haven't even chosen or invented a good one to hand national sovereignty to, they've decided the United Nations is the one world organisation of choice.<br /><br />I could give reasons based on creditials alone as to why this particular body would not be a good choice even if forking over national sovereignty actually WAS a good idea. Honestly, has this body ever done anything right? Where are the WMD that the UN was supposedly wanting to monitor in Iraq? The UN never said they were disappearing, they just whined what they couldn't look at them. UN sanctions against "rogue nations" have never worked. The body is rife with scandal, mismanagement and violations of it's own laws. It sucks up money from it's members (or the ones who pay them anyway) and deliver very little back to them. WHO ON EARTH would want this brain trust in charge of anything!!<br /><br />However, that's not what has me irritated. I don't believe forking over national sovereignty is a good idea in the first place. I have several fairly old articles posted explaining how things related to the UN undermine said sovereignty. These would be </em></span><a href="http://screwtheun.blogspot.com/2007/03/un-mandate-for-womens-rights-no-more.html"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>CEDAW</em></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>, , the creation of </em></span><a href="http://screwtheun.blogspot.com/2007/02/un-world-heritage-sites-violate.html"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>world heritage sites </em></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>, </em></span><a href="http://screwtheun.blogspot.com/2006/09/united-nations-court-threatens.html"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>Conference on Human Settlements </em></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>, the UN </em></span><a href="http://screwtheun.blogspot.com/2006/08/un-threatens-our-homes.html"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>Convention on the Rights of the Child</em></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>. These articles explain in detail why each of these things are a bad idea and what it would mean to the United States if they were applied to citisens here. And just because I've not said anything at Screw the UN recently does not mean threats have disappeared. They haven't.<br /><br />Today's threat Du Jour...H.R. 2421, "Clean Water Restoration Act." But wait, isn't that federal legislation, not a UN treaty? Oh, but don't run off so fast, lately things are never what they seem. According to this Act, water is very important. (Um, duh.) This legislation claims to Sounds good so far. It protects intrastate waters and "OTHER WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES." (always get suspicious of government paperwork which has the word "other" in it. It's a frivolous term used to mean "everything else I can think of" or "whatever we decide later") The legislation does attempt to define these "other waters" and here is what our hacks have come up with...<br /><br /></em></span><br /><blockquote><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;color:#660000;"><em>"All waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and<br />all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes,<br />rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands,<br />sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all<br />impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or<br />activities affecting these waters, are subject to the legislative power of<br />Congress under the Constitution." </em></span></strong></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>Now, what word DON'T you see in this lovely masterpiece of legal mumbo jumbo? Well I suppose fishtank isn't in there and neither is bathtub, but those aren't what I was thinking about. The important word missing is "navigable." See, water that can't support ships and stuff has always been the property owner's property to do with what he or she likes, that's the way previous legislation has always defined it. Standing water, farm ponds, sink holes and such are automatically private property cause, well you can't run a ship through it. </em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>This bill has nothing to do with making sure we have safe drinking water for all the people and animals that depend on it. It's about restricting land use. It used to be said that if a person had a large puddle on their property and the government wanted your land it would be labelled a "wetland" and had to be protected...Now the government doesn't need to contort itself that much. Your mud puddle, creek, personal swamp, whatever, are "other waters of the United States." </em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>Now, in case you think you're lost, you're really not. So far I have not mentioned the UN. This, so far, has ended State Sovereignty and Private Property rights if the government so chooses to exercise the power vested in this abominable legislation. That is bad enough. However, there is more. </em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>There is the "LAW OF THE SEA TREATY." (aka as LOST). The Law of the Sea Convention is a set of rules for the use of the world’s oceans, which cover 70 percent of the earth’s surface and a treaty resulted in 1982. To date 154 countries and the European Community have joined. So far the US has not joined this treaty. At the time Reagan was in power and refused to sign the abomination. He even fired people for suggesting he do so. Eventually Clinton did sign it, but the Senate has refused (so far) to ratify it. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#660000;"><em>If we did we would be subject to the UN Court and UN rules about various things including fishing, environmental protections, and navigation. IF the US Senate ratifies LOST and HR 2421 kicks in, the United Nations will in effect have jurisdiction over our private property. Remember how inclusive the "other waters of the United States" can be. You really want some uneducated nutcase from some minor third world nation telling you what to do with the sink hole in your backyard? </em></span>Lady Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10438953974326994533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32684805.post-5669838329582906972007-12-22T21:19:00.000-08:002007-12-22T21:29:42.463-08:00Christmas and the TroopsIn the spirit of the season of giving this Christmas post is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces around the world in places like Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Also in the spirit of the season it should be made clear that goodwill toward men is a phrase that requires setting aside other matters if only for a moment as dictated by circumstance. With that in mind you may still find it a little peculiar that there would be a kind word for an outfit like MoveOn.org. But hey, it's Christmas and regardless of anything else and that things may change shortly, one should give credit where credit is due. Assuming this is not a hoax and ignoring the natural tendency to comment on items outside the scope of the story, Stanford Matthews from the Blog @ MoreWhat.com would like to go on record thanking those at MoveOn.org for raising a serious six figures for the troops at Christmas.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/21/politics/politico/thecrypt/main3640126.shtml">Even The Grinch Would Like This: MoveOn Raising Money For Troops<br />By Martin Kady II<br />Dec 21, 2007<br /><br />(The Politico) Remember that whole "General Betray Us" advertisement back in September that criticized Army Gen. David Petraeus?<br /><br />Well MoveOn.org, that scourge of the right wing, is raising money like crazy for a Christmas gift for the troops.<br /><br />In the past 24 hours, MoveOn, perhaps the most powerful liberal advocacy group in the country, has raised $275,000 for the United Services Organizations (USO) for calling cards for U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The USO may be most associated with Bob Hope-type visits to troops overseas, but the non-partisan organization is clearly comfortable partnering with MoveOn if the cause helps soldiers stationed overseas during the holidays.</a><br /><br />It is not a surprise that President Bush would again remind the country of our troops and their families for the incredible sacrifice and commitment being contributed daily. At the very least we can remember them in our prayers and spread the word so they know we are thinking of them and exceedingly grateful for their service. The President's weekly radio address included an often repeated sentiment for the troops as reported by VOA. Try to ignore the remainder of the report about someone else's take which is not so pleasant.<br /><br /><a href="http://voanews.com/english/2007-12-22-voa20.cfm">President Bush Praises US Troops, Their Families<br />By Sean Maroney<br />Washington<br />22 December 2007<br /><br />In his weekly radio address, President Bush thanked U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families for their sacrifices. "This Christmas, many will sit down for dinner thinking of their loved ones half a world away. These families deserve the thanks and the prayers of our whole nation," he said.</a><br /><br />There are news reports of generous efforts being provided by the public and various organizations to help the troops have some kind of Christmas away from home. If you want to help there are nearly countless ways to pitch in. If you have no idea where to start, simply use google and type the words troops and Christmas. Plenty of results will point you in the right direction. Or of course you can check with the DOD, any of the armed services, the USO or your elected representatives or the VA or someone.<br /><br />And finally, let's make that annual effort to extend the good we think of during the holidays so the New Year can bring the kind of solutions needed to solve some of the world's problems. If we all try again and keep repeating these sentiments to each other long enough, we might finally succeed with some major improvements.<br /><br />Merry Christmas and Happy New Year or whatever sentiment does it for you. Cheers.<br /><br />Stanford Matthews<a href="http://morewhat.com/wordpress/?page_id=660"><br />Blog @ MoreWhat.com</a><br />(the link just above takes you to a good Christmas story)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0