Netanyahu to UN: Have you no shame?
posted at 2:55 pm on September 24, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Benjamin Netanyahu invokes Pastor Martin Niemoller, at least subtly, in his otherwise explicit condemnation of the United Nations for giving Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a spot on the agenda at Turtle Bay this week. The Israeli Prime Minister hails the nations that had the “moral clarity” to walk out of the room when Ahmadinejad spoke, which thankfully included the United States as well as Canada. After that, though, Netanyahu spoke as directly as one will ever hear in diplomatic circles:
He’s completely correct, of course. The UN was created with dictators like Ahmadinejad and the regime using him as a mouthpiece in mind — but not to have as an honored guest. The UN was meant to stop regimes like the one in Tehran from talking genocide openly, not to host luminaries of lunacy like the dimunitive Iranian.
It’s a disgrace, especially since it’s clear that the UN has no shame at all.
Update: Sammy Benoit has more approving thoughts on the speech.
Here’s most of the rest of the speech, which is powerful indeed (Update: The entire speech is below now):
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What is he, crazy? The UN has been the global leader in shame since its inception!
TheUnrepentantGeek on September 24, 2009 at 3:37 PM
אָמֵן
Hening on September 24, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Please take notes, Obama. This is how a leader gives a speech at the UN. Your speech was nothing but an exercise in narcissism.
kingsjester on September 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Bibi’s a real true leader with passion for his country. We, on the other hand, have a Rent-a-President. I look forward to respecting my president again once this fool has been booted out.
sherry on September 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM
From what I heard from my Democratic congresswoman, if you donate to the DNC, all is forgiven, from underaged child sex slavery all the way down to klan activity.
unclesmrgol on September 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Yeah, let the Arabs and Third-world dictators pick up the tab.
Lance Murdock on September 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Norman Blizter on September 24, 2009 at 3:26 PM
You’re on the wrong blog. Markos Moulitsas is looking for you.
flyfisher on September 24, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Watched it before heading into work this morning.
Great speech.
The Ugly American on September 24, 2009 at 3:39 PM
kingsjester on September 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Your phrase “exercise in narcissm” reminded me of this photo.
flyfisher on September 24, 2009 at 3:43 PM
+ 50
Lance Murdock on September 24, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Thank-you Mr. Morrissey for the videos. Mr. Netanyahu is a wonderful, humble, and inspiring leader.
fourdeucer on September 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM
As a gone-astray Presbyterian, can I seek asylum in Israel?
oldleprechaun on September 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Which is why we love him, he hasn’t bowed before this joke of a “peace process” like our president would.
Of course, Israelis are serious people, they wouldn’t elect and unqualified leader who hates their country, because it would mean the end of them as a people.
I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with that boys, but get a room.
NoDonkey on September 24, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Dear Israel;
Can we have Bibi?
thebookkeeper on September 24, 2009 at 3:52 PM
A lot of what he said could be fired right at the libs as pertains to a majority of their policies.
RedNewEnglander on September 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
flyfisher on September 24, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Where did you get that picture of Steve Urkel riding a bicycle?
kingsjester on September 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
I’m so proud of Bibi. Now that’s a MAN who knows how to lead.
Anyone know what his poll ratings are in Israel? I hope to GOD he and our next president will be able to work side by side in the future (that being 2013).
Savrielle on September 24, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Move the UN Dubai and they can have their fun there.
WashJeff on September 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
What a man.
Terrye on September 24, 2009 at 3:59 PM
If we just had to have a foreign-born President, why couldn’t it have been Bibi?
paragon27x on September 24, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Yet, the UN will bring about world peace when the good countries give up their nukes. They’re totally on it.
Btw, Germany vows to leave as soon as Dinnerjacket denies the Holocaust. It was France who walked out first. Canada had the good sense to boycott the event altogether. Why should a country as unreasonable as Iran be allowed to proceed with a nuclear program PERIOD?
alliebobbitt on September 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
EXCELLENT. I saw his interview last night on FOX and he’s about the only leader who’s about had it with the little twerp from Iran. I love Fox’s caption
http://www.foxnews.com/
scalleywag on September 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
He is fantastic! He is the leader Israel needs! Oh don’t I wish the leader of our country could speak so well and with conviction.
Eyvonne on September 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM
They’re the real welfare queens. They get as much foreign aid as Israel. They make unreasonable demands while holding us hostage with their oil reserves. Every time we bring up domestic drilling, though, their jihadi lobby intervenes and OPEC magically lowers oil prices per barrel.
alliebobbitt on September 24, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Tru Dat.
Lance Murdock on September 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
If it wasn’t for oil, no one would give two sh!t’s about the ME or Palestinians. That is my main reason for finding alternative to fossil fuels.
Lance Murdock on September 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Since it seems we no longer vet Presidential candidates, why not a write-in campaign for Bibi?? I think I agree with the wayward Presbyterian: I’d like to see asylum in Israel.
Driefromseattle on September 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
The UN was created with Stalin holding a permanent, favored position.
Count to 10 on September 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM
A MANLY MAN. These are the kinds of men who make great leaders.
And I see the G8 is giving the little twerp 3 more months to stop enriching uranium. He’s laughing in our faces. I wonder how long Netanyahu wants to give him…till the count of three?
scalleywag on September 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Bibi is twenty one years to the day older than me.
I am honored to share my birthday with such a man!
annoyinglittletwerp on September 24, 2009 at 4:10 PM
scalleywag on September 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
If he would just lay Dinner Jacket out with an upper cut to the jaw, he would be the coolest man alive.
Would love to see the looks on the faces of the jackasses in the UN if that happened.
It’s a fun thing to think about.
NoDonkey on September 24, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Damn, Israel has a better President than we do. :(
HondaV65 on September 24, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Darn right — the UN is a cesspool of demagoguery and outright racism.
Enough is enough. Good on Bibi.
Richard Romano on September 24, 2009 at 4:13 PM
The greatest Israeli of his generation.
thebrokenrattle on September 24, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Dude, Luxembourg has a better president than we do and no one even knows who the hell he or she is.
But I know one thing – he or she is better than Barry.
NoDonkey on September 24, 2009 at 4:17 PM
When IDF jets suffer an emergency reroute and are identified by our forces monitoring the no-fly zone over Iraq, will we:
a) notify them of a potential navigational error
b) provide them with accurate and timely
targeterr landing informationc) suspect a electronic/computer error and run a full system diagnostic to last for atleast 3 hours.
d) turn the channel back to NCAA football
e) look the other way
f) all of the above and with enthusiasm!
Blacksmith8 on September 24, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Dude.
Blacksmith8 on September 24, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Oh that would be awesome. And while he’s at it, why not clobber Chavez and Ghadafi too.
scalleywag on September 24, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Great comments on this thread, all recognizing a leader as opposed to a jerk. It seems that, for now at least, progress of our civilization rests in his hands.
GaltBlvnAtty on September 24, 2009 at 4:24 PM
You can email support to the Israel embassy at http://www.israelemb.org/
ctmom on September 24, 2009 at 4:24 PM
The battle in the Middle East has never been about oil but ideology and birthright. Read your Bible, folks. This has been happening since the beginning of time! Our involvement in protecting Israel is an interesting one. We have a unique spiritual link with Israel and Judaism. I heard David Barton from Wallbuilders speak on this. The primary contributor of funds that supported our revolutionary effor was supplied by a Jewish man whose name escapes my right now. Spritually speaking, Israel and the USA are “sisters”. Even Islam knows that or they wouldn’t have the saying, “first the little satan, then the great satan.” If you think this is just about oil, you are sorely mistaken. “I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you.”–God to Abraham. Take heed.
And,hey for all of you oil-users who are thinking they are green but are really OIL-USERS without really acknowleding it (check your make-up ladies). Why can’t we drill here? If you’re worried about spills and other catastrophe’s like that, well certainly technology has come far enough that drilling is safer now than it has ever been. Do you drive a car? Cars use gas from oil drilled in foreign fields. Don’t you realize that their drilling in their lands is just as dangerous to their environment as it is for our environment? Is it just “bad” if the bad affects you direcly? Alternative fuels? GM was developing hydrogen(read ZERO carbon footprint) fuel cell cars before the One took over and canceled the project. How green is our president? And boy was that off topic….
Benjamin Netanyahu: there’s a leader. Wish he was ours.
Driefromseattle on September 24, 2009 at 4:27 PM
U.N. gets gobsmacked. That may be the best headline of the entire week.
scalleywag on September 24, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Exactly, knock their heads together like a Three Stooges skit.
Drag Chavez across the stage by the nose and bounce a hammer off his head.
Even bring some of the comedic sound effects for even more hilarity.
NoDonkey on September 24, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Bibi rocks….
CG - Colorado on September 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Scalleywag
Please don’t refer to the Iranian psychopath as a “little twerp”.
trust me-he ain’t one of ours.
-a smirking annoyinglittletwerp.
annoyinglittletwerp on September 24, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Anyone remember that Star Wars UN photoshop, had Obi-Wan and Luke with the UN in the background, and the quote warning about the dangers of the space port?
flyfishingdad on September 24, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Oh, would that we had a man like him to lead this nation at this particular time instead of Duh One we have, leading us off a cliff.
Jvette on September 24, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I’m curious. how much funding is Israel providing to the UN against, for example, Iran?
CrazyFool on September 24, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Now that’s what a leader looks/sounds like. I had tears in my eyes. God bless Israel.
I’d say Palin/Netanyahu 2012, but I don’t think they can spare him.
hoosiermama on September 24, 2009 at 4:45 PM
A leader with testicular fortitude – something we certainly don’t have here in the US.
redfoxbluestate on September 24, 2009 at 4:49 PM
the un is one of the most corrupt, anti isreal anti usa organizations that has ever been….BRAVO BIBI
I only wish our president had the same chutzba
robo on September 24, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Whiskey tango foxtrot? What are they supposed to be funding? Sanctions? Anti-terrorism? Blue Helmets?
Are you insinuating that:
a) the UN only acts if they are given money from nations to support them?
or
b) the Israelis need to give people money to get support? Is that how Israel gets people to support them? If so, I wonder where my cheque is.
What exactly are people paying for if they give money to the UN against, say, Iran? Because they need to stop giving the UN money. Because they fail.
mjk on September 24, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Bibi the stud makes Obama look like a spineless p*ssy.
Dave R. on September 24, 2009 at 4:58 PM
God has given israel a leader that is coherent, legit and wise. What did we do wrong?
seven on September 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Do they have people like this in Israel ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg98BvqUvCc
macncheez on September 24, 2009 at 5:08 PM
seven on September 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I blame porn.
And Democrats.
But porn also.
NoDonkey on September 24, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Obama can play fantasy with the world, pretend that we can all sit around the campfire and sing Kumbaya.
He runs a superpower.
Netyanahu can’t afford such luxuries. He is surrounded by enemies that literally wish to destroy his country and all Jews.
Real world vs. pretend world.
SteveMG on September 24, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Dave R. on September 24, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Yeah, well so does Pee Wee Herman.
It’s not hard to do.
NoDonkey on September 24, 2009 at 5:09 PM
My only suggestion for PM Netanyahu’s speech would have altered one statement to be about the entire United Nations, not just the one report in question……….”What a perversion of the truth. What a perversion of justice.”
Cheers !
Kenny Solomon
Typical, bitter, Jewish, God-clinging, gun owner and barking-mad insane NASCAR fan.
E T Cartman on September 24, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Evil vs Good
US vs [pick a despotic country]
The UN & organizations like this can NEVER work bcs when you give membership to undemocratic nations & give them equal footing with democratic nations, you have a disparity that can never be bridged.
I may tip my hat & say hello to people I meet on the street when they are doing me, or others,no harm.
But it doesn’t mean I ever need to really speak to or acknowledge people when I know they do evil things.
If I saw Stalin on the street, I certainly would never say hello to him.
So why do we need to have a dialogue with nations that are evil & destructive?!
Badger40 on September 24, 2009 at 5:12 PM
That’s your opinion from here in America.
ALL of the CHRISTIANS in the middle east call the man a terrorist who bombs and kills their children.
But I suppose you know more about that than they do right?
Netanyahu is a dangerous man who wants to start war throughout the middle east and have us do his dirty work for him.
What we need to do is stay out of this mess and tell the world that we are neutral in this regard.
I know some of you might not like this but this is right thing to do and the American thing to do. We don’t need to get caught up in these “foreign entanglements” and have 90% of the world hate us because we back the state of israel no matter what.
Think rationally. We will instantly eliminate 90% of our enemies because this is their major beef with us.
If Netanyahu wants to bomb iran..fine. But let him do it by himself without our help. This is not our problem.
MaximusConfessor on September 24, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Maximus @5:15PM
I don’t suppose you have links to your sources that back up those charges against Netanyahu, and please no sites that are begging for money from unheard of fringe organizations. News sources, if reliable, would do. And, please do tell, where did you dig up that 90% figure? Sounds like you listen to ‘Bambi way too much and we’re all getting a dose of how reliable his word is.
Everything that happens in that region of the ME is our problem whether we like it or not. I’d also venture to guess more Americans stand by Israel than are behind our current POTUS.
Guess what, I’d like to put Iran out of it’s misery too.
24K lady on September 24, 2009 at 5:32 PM
There needs to be a new organization for countries that are democracies or republics and ONLY those countries are in it.
The other thugocracies can keep their UN and move it to Venezuela or Damascus.
Sapwolf on September 24, 2009 at 5:40 PM
and the “Jews start all the wars in the world” accusations begin.
Perhaps you’d like to regale us with The Protocols and The Eternal Jew whilst you’re at it?
mjk on September 24, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Like a German catholic civilian in 1945 as the stench of human flesh makes its way over the morning breeze.
We don’t have to do the dirty work of Israel. If I remember correctly, the USA did not have any troops on the ground in 48, 56, 67, 73, etc. Heck, I don’t remember our air force flying in the Bekaa Valley either.
Look, as long as the USA exists, Israel will survive.
Get used to it despite the US NOT sending troops to do their fighting for them.
Sapwolf on September 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Is Max the token Paulite here?
Anybody want to pipe up?
Sapwolf on September 24, 2009 at 5:44 PM
DUH?!? Dumbass, Iran is a republic, and so is China.
Norman Blizter on September 24, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Hey fvcktard, why don’t you come on over to Israel to meet those evil Zionist Jews? Or are you scared?
Andy in Agoura Hills on September 24, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Norman calm down child
CWforFreedom on September 24, 2009 at 5:54 PM
I watched the speech live. I kept hearing those words rattle around in the unspoken part of my brain go something like this…
“This is your last chance, UN, to get your $h*t together and stop Iran, or we will.”
His was the speech of a true statesman. Something we in the U.S. don’t have an abundance of right now.
Tennman on September 24, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Michael Oren had an excellent article today about the Goldstone report… I think it was in the WSJ.
I’m trying to decide if Bibi was communicating a subtext… that if the UN doesn’t act fast on Iran, Israel will do what it has to do and that may not turn out well for anybody.
ProfessorMiao on September 24, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Dumbass, I didn’t mean it as a pejorative, Goldstone considers himself to be a Zionist Jew:
According to his daughter Nicole, Goldstone, “is a Zionist and loves Israel.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Goldstone
Norman Blizter on September 24, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Yes, great speech. No country should want for their people anything less than he asked for in this speech.
DL13 on September 24, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Riiiiight, sacrificing Israel will be effective just as sacrificing Sudetenland was in 1938. Suddenly the Arab world will embrace America (they loved the US before 1967, after all, didn’t they) just like Hitler sat happy in Berlin having pocketed a piece of Czechoslovakia.
ProfessorMiao on September 24, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Aw, yes. The ever unsubstantiated, unrealiable source of wiki.
24K lady on September 24, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Dear Comrade Obama,
Please also take note, these fine people, who do not have their brains located inside their butt, wont tolerate nukes in iran, so you better pay attention!
Learn how to lead, this is the global stage, not some back alley in Chicago. These morons in Iran are playing for keeps, and since you never had a real job before, you just don’t have a clue. You better find a way to keep this nation safe, and it doesn’t entail kissing every arabic butt from here to Tripoli.
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on September 24, 2009 at 6:05 PM
That would explain perfectly why he undertook a mandate from an organization that has made it its business to do virtually nothing but condemn Israel, why he took seriously the ‘testimony’ of Hamas operatives and officials who depicted themselves as civilians, why he decided that 8000+ rockets and mortars from behind Palestinian civilians at Israeli civilians were a trivial matter rather than act of war, and why he chose to ignore the lengthy and detailed investigations following Operation Cast Lead conducted by the IDF and the Israeli government.
ProfessorMiao on September 24, 2009 at 6:06 PM
I watched this speech live.
Nice. I wish we could have a man that speaks so well and such truth for our own country, the USofA.
bridgetown on September 24, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Learn how to spell “CAPITALIST”, MORON!!!
BWARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
I’d rather have an intelligent Marxist as president, than a stupid illiterate “UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST”.
Norman Blizter on September 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM
yeah, because spelling is so freakin’ important in WORLD AFFAIRS.
freakin’ moron.
bridgetown on September 24, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Wow, a stunningly brilliant speech.
Unfortunately I have no confidence that the UN will do the right thing, they are incapable of that. Israel will be forced to defend itself against Iran, plain and simple.
flyfish on September 24, 2009 at 6:13 PM
MaximusConfessor…get out of My Face with your bullshit PUNK!
old trooper2 on September 24, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Idiot, did you learn nothing from the GW Bush years?
Norman Blizter on September 24, 2009 at 6:20 PM
flyfish @6:13
That is why millions will step up to the plate and contribute to Israel if our boy wonder decides to cut off funding or honoring arms commitments.
24K lady on September 24, 2009 at 6:20 PM
The rest of You that are anti-semites, Obama Voters and Supporters and Norman Hiltler are looking for trouble.
You may find it and not want what You get.
old trooper2 on September 24, 2009 at 6:24 PM
+7%…
Seven Percent Solution on September 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Yeah, it doesn’t really matter what the topic of the thread is, you always get at least one of these Turd Pumps showing up trying his best to be a dickhead.
Mission Accomplished.
BigWyo on September 24, 2009 at 6:32 PM
We should be able to elect the honorable Mr. N. to the American Presidency. After all, if we can put a Kenyan in office, we should be able to elect an Israeli. At least we’d be getting an honest representative with a lovely measure of real class.
Crusader Rabbit on September 24, 2009 at 6:39 PM
What does that look on Hillary’s face mean? I get hoping she breaks loose from Obama and goes on a good tear!
joedoe on September 24, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Amazing how the great ‘people for the people’ who call themselves Democrats (and Marxists) are so condescending over something as trivial as a spelling mistake. Elitist snobs are what you are.
ProfessorMiao on September 24, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Sure. That freedoms and liberty are really important to Democrats except when its Democrats trampling all over freedoms and liberty, among other things. Why don’t you go play with your ideological brethren at DailKos?
ProfessorMiao on September 24, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Barack Chamberlain Obama thinks this Bibi Winston Netanyahu is a radical out to derail The One’s Magical Misssion of Goodwill.
Obama- Appease in Our Time.
profitsbeard on September 24, 2009 at 7:02 PM
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