I notice that the new non permanent UN Security Council Members elected were; South Africa, India, Colombia, Germany and Portugal.
While I have no problem with Germany and Portugal, I can't let the election of the other three pass without comment. South Africa is a nation in complete denial over HIV, whose greatest claim to fame in recent times is propping up the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe. India the "world's largest democracy", continues to be a rogue state in my mind until it signs the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.
And as for Columbia, a right wing client state of the US that gets its kicks by apparently abducting and killing union leaders.
But at least on the bright side, Canada suffered a humiliating loss in its attempt for a seat. But true to form, that awful PM Stephen Harper perversely tried to blame his political opponents for the loss, but as the Opposition Liberal Party countered "the blame game is a sign of a government that is unwilling to absorb the lessons of defeat".
So to sum up, I'm not expecting too much from the UN Security Council over the next two years, with backroom deals of self interest being the norm. And I expect even less from India - a truly awful place - the most corrupt "democracy" on earth.
I'm confused.... you are bashing the UN yet you are accusing one of the new members of being in cahoots with the US?
ReplyDeleteIsn't the media...(world even?) split between left wingers and right wingers?
How can you be critical of the UN AND the USA?
Savvas Tzionis
The UN is an excellent institution (as was the maligned League of Nations which never recovered from the US Senate's decision not to ratify America's entry), but is continually undermined by the US's duplicity.
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