The UN: Jokers' Wild

A recent incident speaks volumes about the ability of the world to take serious steps to thwart Iran and other thuggish regime - ultimately showing how dangerous the UN is to world peace.

The U.S Navy recently intercepted and searched a suspicious Iranian-chartered ship. The search revealed it contained weapons, purportedly bound for Syria but suspected by the Navy to be bound for Hamas.

In either case, UN resolutions prohibit Iran from exporting weapons and allow nations to inspect ships suspected of smuggling them - but do not allow the ships to be seized.

So our Navy let the ship go.

This is the type of "pressure" on Iran we have secured from the UN. It is a joke: if the Navy can't seize the ship, Iran won't stop attempting to arm the terrorists Even worse, it deludes us into thinking UN actions are effective in pressuring Iran when they are not.

This is what happens when the authoritarian and anti-American regimes in Russia and China have veto power over coordinated international action. Along with outrages such as the UN Commission on Human Rights being populated by the worst human rights abusers, giving Russian and China such veto power and creating the false impression of "doing something" generally makes the UN a force for ill in the world.