Sometimes, I think the UN is a good thing. Other times, I have to wonder what the hell they’re thinking…

Iran, which is threatening the United States if it tries to block Iran’s nuclear ambitions, has now been elected to — of all things — the leadership of United Nations’ Disarmament Commission, which oversees international disarmament and security. At its annual meeting in New York, the Commission on Disarmament — part of the U.N.’s General Assembly — voted to make Iran a vice-chair of the commission, along with Uruguay and Chile.

Very nice. No worse than Syria being on the Security Council and Libya on the Human Rights council…

And in other world news, Anthony Zinni put his foot in his mouth and so far no one has called his royal blatheringness out on it:

Former Clinton CENTCOM commander, Anthony Zinni — the most prominent of the retired generals attacking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — now says that, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, “What bothered me … [was that] I was hearing a depiction of the intelligence that didn’t fit what I knew. There was no solid proof, that I ever saw, that Saddam had WMD.”

But in early 2000, Zinni told Congress “Iraq remains the most significant near-term threat to U.S. interests in the Arabian Gulf region,” adding, “Iraq probably is continuing clandestine nuclear research, [and] retains stocks of chemical and biological munitions … Even if Baghdad reversed its course and surrendered all WMD capabilities, it retains scientific, technical, and industrial infrastructure to replace agents and munitions within weeks or months.”

Why is it that whenever a critic comes forth, their past statements are never taken into account? Think Scott Ritter who went from hawkish weapons inspector to dovish pacifist all without any real examination of his contradicting statement.

Anthony Zinni is no different, and will continue to be a media darling for his criticism of the Bush administration, which in reality is all you need to do if you want to become famous and stay there.

Article via Junkyard Blog

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