WASHINGTON — It’s amazing how simple moral clarity slices through the toxic drivel that has come to define the United Nations.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strode into the world’s billion-dollar debating society yesterday and, in calm, deliberate tones, reminded us all of the real purpose for the UN’s existence — so long forgotten.
The day before, the UN hosted the leech from Libya, Moammar Khadafy. His rambling rant would have made him a laughingstock, except that he remains one of the world’s greatest terror enthusiasts.
Then came Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — the Iranian leader’s second marquee speech at the UN in as many years.
Yes, this is the very same one who insists the Holocaust is a myth and has made clear his desire to see Israel wiped off the map.
Oh, and he’s developing nuclear weapons. But, no worries, the UN has told him to stop.
This is what has become of the United Nations that you — the struggling taxpayer — foot the bill for.
Dozens of world leaders spoke this week, but only Netanyahu, looking down the barrel of an Iranian nuclear missile silo, stood up and said, “Enough!”
Holding up the building plans for the Auschwitz death camps, he asked those who hosted Ahmadinejad if the plans were “a lie.”
The debaters answered with quivering silence.
He reminded them that the UN formed to prevent such atrocities from ever happening again. But nothing has impeded those efforts more, Netanyahu said, “than the systematic assault on the truth.”
Generously, Netanyahu commended those who rose and walked out during Ahmadinejad’s speech.
It tells you all you need to know about the UN these days that walking out when a lunatic takes the podium passes for courage.
The only thing more criminal than sitting there listening to the lies and pure hate of these lunatics is standing there idly by watching history repeat itself.