UN Takes Action On Iran--Appoints It To Commision

Ahmadinejad was quoted as having said last week that "The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm."

Just six months ago, when Ahmadinejad spoke about wiping out Israel, the UN reacted:

The U.N. Security Council has condemned recent comments by Iran's president that Israel should be "wiped off the map" but did not say if the world body planned any action against Iran.

Back then Israel's ambassador to the UN, Dan Gillerman commented:

"I certainly think that a country whose head of state calls for the destruction of any other member state of the United Nations does not deserve a seat in this very civilized organization."

So it is no surprise that the UN has taken action and today Iran in fact does get a position in "this very civilized organization":

Under threat of United Nations Security Council sanctions for its own nuclear program, Iran has been elected to a vice-chair position on the U.N. Disarmament Commission, whose mission includes deliberations on preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.

This from the people who brought you Libya chairing the UN Human Rights Commission in 2003.

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