U.N. Approves Iran Sanctions…So What?

Today, The Wall Street Journal reported…

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, increasing international pressure on the government to prove that it is not trying to make nuclear weapons.

No big surprise…the U.N. is doing what it does best: passing resolutions and taking a hard line on issues it doesn’t have the balls to enforce. The Journal goes on to say,

The Iranian government immediately rejected the resolution, vowing in a statement from Tehran to continue enriching uranium … The government said it “has not delegated its destiny to the invalid decisions of the U.N. Security Council.”

Of course this is the Iranian stance. After all, what do they have to worry about? The U.S. has botched the situation in Iraq (due to, more than anything else, politically correct religious sensitivity) and isn’t likely to plunge into an even worse situation in Iran. Furthermore, any sanctions passed by the U.N. will be circumvented by countries like China and Russia who have a considerable commercial interest in a prosperous Iran.

The only strength the U.N. can have is in the threat of military action and in light of recent history (Somalia, Serbia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. so on…) this is a hollow threat at best! The U.N. is a corrupt, toothless and cowardly enterprise who, as a collective, does more to empower rogue nations than protect the interests of those countries who try to live peacefully will their neighbors.

A new resolution from the U.N.? Whooptidooo!!!!