Kofi Annan, Syria, Radical Islam and Martha Stewart

Kofi Annan anounced today that Syria has promised to enforce the embargo of weapons on Hezbollah. In a related piece of news, media mogul and inside-information-trader extrodinaire Martha Steart will head a task force to fight inside trading. How is it related? Well both are cases of letting the cat watch over the cream. Luckily, the second piece of news is a satirical one; the first however, is unfortunately true. Just another example of how the UN is becoming less and less relevant.

I am all that fearful that Bernard Lewis will probably be in the right along with Samuel Huntington on the clash of civilizations. And if the west continues the way it does, then the result will be quite unfortunate for it. Even worse, it will be unfortunate for the new East as well, as radical Muslims like Sheikh Nasrallah will dictate the way of life just as he dictated it to the Christian reporter who interviewed him a few days ago wearing a chadur. In fact I think a chadur factory is going to be thus a good investment. I should sign off and head over to the bank... This is a business plan that cannot fail: a chadur factory in the Middle East at a time when it lets radical Islam take over! You think President Ahmadinejad will agree to design a line for me?

UN Human Rights Council: A Recurring Joke.

The UN Human Rights Council has appointed a special commission to investigate Israel's crimes in the recent conflict and not Hezbollah (and implicitly, as a sovereign Lebanon). With that the council has reverted to its old practice of simply being a cover to some of the most ruthless regimes in this world. Is it a wonder that even Europe, normally on the Arab side, objected to the decision? This will not strengthen Israeli trust in the UN and as a consequence will certainly not lead to any peace and quiet in the area. If there is going to be an investigation, it must be for all sides and not just Israel. But this will not happen. Because Israel is the only Jewish state in the world representing 13 million Jewish people, while the council is comprised of a majority of Muslim Human Rights violators "representing" (if you can actually call that representing, as they oress their constituaents) 1.2 billion Muslims. Balance of Power anyone?