{"id":14591,"date":"2012-07-09T08:24:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T12:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14591"},"modified":"2012-07-09T08:24:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T12:24:42","slug":"putting-the-foxes-in-charge-on-the-henhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14591","title":{"rendered":"Putting The Foxes In Charge Of The Henhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/iran-named-group-overseeing-un-arms-treaty-conference-choosing-bernie-madoff-police\">CNS News<\/a>\u00a0is reporting today that <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Iran\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.6833333333,51.4166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=35.6833333333,51.4166666667 (Iran)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Iran<\/a> has been named to the &#8220;bureau&#8221; overseeing a month-long United Nations conference in New York aimed at finalizing a <a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/news\/article\/un-finalizes-arms-trade-treaty-opponents-warn-global-gun-grab\">controversial global \u201carms trade treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is another reason to ask politely that the United Nations get out of New York and America get out of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Furthermore, according to an expert panel monitoring U.N. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Sanctions against Iran\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanctions_against_Iran\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">sanctions on Iran<\/a>, Tehran continues to flout a Security Council ban on exporting its weaponry, with Syria the main recipient.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cThis is like choosing Bernie Madoff to police fraud on the stock market,\u201d said Hillel Neuer, executive director of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"UN Watch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unwatch.org\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\">UN Watch<\/a>, a non-governmental monitoring group based in Geneva, which drew attention to Iran\u2019s elevation to the conference bureau.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>UN Watch is urging U.N. Secretary-General <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ban Ki-moon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ban_Ki-moon\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Ban Ki-moon<\/a> to condemn the move:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cHe should remind the conference that the Security Council has imposed four rounds of sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt its prohibited nuclear program, and that Iran continues to defy the international community through illegal arms shipments to the murderous Assad regime,\u201d Neuer said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good grief! The article lists the leadership positions held by Iran in recent years&#8211;despite the fact that they are\u00a0in total\u00a0violation of the sanctions the U.N. has placed on them. This is the equivalent of punishing a teenager for a speeding ticket by giving them a Porsche.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right; border-style: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=6f15334c-a4e2-494c-b39e-da44d1840236\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNS News\u00a0is reporting today that Iran has been named to the &#8220;bureau&#8221; overseeing a month-long United Nations conference in New York aimed at finalizing a controversial global \u201carms trade treaty. 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