The joke that is the United Nations could not be on more stark display: Amid the slaughter of civilians in Libya's streets, what pressing business preoccupied the U.N. before declaring an emergency session of its Security Council?
Why, another condemnation of Israel, of course, urged by Palestinians and other Muslims, Fox News reports.
And Libya's crushing retaliation against anti-government protesters didn't draw a response from Turtle Bay's ignominious Human Rights Council -- where Libya's Moammar Gadhafi less than a year ago secured a prized three-year term.
So much for the Obama administration's fatuous intention to reform this putrid panel of reprobates by taking a seat among them.
It wasn't until reports of Libyan warplanes and helicopter gunships firing upon civilians that the U.N. took notice. Oh, its ever-diplomatic chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday telephoned Mr. Gadhafi to urge an end to hostilities. But even then he didn't condemn a brutal crackdown that began a week ago .
Not that this sanctimonious babbling mess is capable of meaningful intervention. "Even if U.N. members could agree on meeting on Libya, it would not have any real-world impact," former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said this week.
That's because Mission One at the United Nations is self-preservation -- and to hell with oppressed people who cry out for freedom.
