Echoes in Eternity

Well, as usual the United Nations are stuck attempting to determine the correct verb to use in another of their meaningless "statements." If it weren't so deadly to those in Darfur and elsewhere, it would be quite comical. In this case, the UN couldn't bring themselves to "deplore" Iran's recent kidnapping of British troops, but they did express "grave concern." What a bunch of pompous fools. Not only do they spend hours negotiating a STATEMENT, they also are so arrogant as to assume that whatever silly verb they use will actually make a smidgeon of a difference to Iran.

What they should do is what Newt recommended the other day.

I would say to them, I would right now say to them privately, within the next week, your refinery will no longer work. And within the following week, there will be no tankers arriving. Now if you would like to avoid being humiliated publicly, we recommend you calmly and quietly give them back now. But frankly, if you’d prefer to show the planet that you’re tiny and we’re not, we’re prepared to simply cut off your economy, and allow you to go back to walking and using oxen to pull carts, because you will have no gasoline left.