UN Takes Side of Hezbollah---Again!

The Financial Times has an article in which UN Functionary Jan Egelund calls Israel "immoral" for dropping cluster bombs on South Lebanon.

Of course, UN moral outrage is not applied to the thousands of Katyusha rockets---packed with ball bearings to inflict casualties---fired on Israeli civilian population centers.

Nor has UN moral outrage descended on Hezbollah for refusing to disarm according to UNSC Res 1559 enacted over a year ago, even though other Lebanese militias complied with the UN.

Nor did the selective UN moral outrage ever notice that Hezbollah had built extensive underground installations just a few yards from UNIFIL observation towers---making those UN posts possible targets in case of hostilities.

Nor did the UN get angry when Syria said that monitoring its border for armament shipments to Hezbollah after the ceasefire would be considered "a hostile act."

Nor did the UN reprimand UNIFIL for broadcasting IDF positions in the clear in real time during the hostilities, giving Hezbollah military intelligence on the position and movements of IDF forces. Curiously, UNIFIL broadcast nothing about Hezbo militia movements and military positioning.

One does not need to be a G2 genius to understand how the UN has sided with the Hezbo and Hamas terrorists consistently during the recent kidnappings and subsequent military exchanges.

And now Annan and the outraged Egelund want Israel to make "the first gesture" according to FT:

Mr Olmert and Mr Annan had earlier held talks on the implementation of resolution 1701.

But after the meeting Mr Olmert did not respond to the secretary-general’s call for a lifting of the air and sea blockade that the UN official had called a humiliation for the Lebanese.

UN officials travelling with Mr Annan said later he was still optimistic that Israel would reconsider its position, and repeated his call for a first gesture to be made by lifting the air blockade of the country.

"The government of Lebanon is one we wish to support," said Ahmad Fawzi, the secretary-general’s spokes?man. "By continuing this blockade we are not doing so. On the contrary, we are undermining this government."

The Israelis are also still insisting that the expanded UN force, which Mr Annan said would soon double to 5,000, must deploy along the Syrian-Lebanese border and at Lebanon’s sea and airports to prevent weapon supplies reaching Hizbollah.

Mr Annan said the Lebanese authorities had assured him they were serious about enforcing the arms embargo.

Israel still has troops in southern Lebanon and Amir Peretz, defence minister, told Mr Annan: "Israel will pull out once there is a reasonable level of forces there."

If I read this right, the UN is asking IDF troops to pull out even before the UNIFIL reinforcements arrive because "the Lebanese authorities had assured him they were serious about enforcing the arms embargo."

Since when have the Lebanese demonstrated an ability to enforce any arms control in their own country?

If the UN can't enforce its own UNSC Resolutions in Lebanon because of its fear that Hezbollah, a terrorist group, might be offended, should the UN be taken seriously as some sort of moral arbiter in any way, shape or form?

Oh, wait! Why doesn't the UN trot out Mr. Mallakh Brown in one of his pink ties to throw a fit of high moral dudgeon at a news conference in NYC?

He could accuse the US of complicity in Israel's refusal to take UN statements at face value and wouldn't that impress the lefty bloggers that Bush and the Israeli backers are wrong and right is on the side of the kidnapping terrorists, both Hamas and Hezbollah?

Therefore, you could include Bush-bashing in with the Jew-bashing that Iran is engaging in and perhaps even achieve a Trifecta if you throw Tony Blair into the mix. For a Brit UN dudgeon specialist like Brown, that would make his month!