UN: Hey, who’s up for a moment of silence to honor a tyrant?
posted at 2:40 pm on December 23, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Via The Right Scoop, here’s a heartwarming story from Turtle Bay that will have you saying “awww.” Or perhaps, “errrr…” The UN General Assembly offered a moment of silence to honor a world leader that passed away this week — and it wasn’t Vaclav Havel:
The 66th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday observed a minute’s silence to mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, president of the 66th General Assembly session, asked the representatives of 193 UN member states attending a plenary session on economic and financial affairs to pay tribute to the late DPRK leader, who died on Dec. 17.
The move was at the request of the DPRK, said the president, and the one-minute silence was observed before the start of the plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
Canada wasn’t the only country to boycott the moment of silence, but the list was pathetically small, if distinguished:
However, representatives of the United States, Japan, South Korea on Thursday boycotted the one-minute silence at the General Assembly, with Britain, France, Germany and other European countries joining them.
Earlier this week, I wrote that the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize should be ashamed that it gave that award to people like Barack Obama, Al Gore, and Yasser Arafat without ever honoring the man who brought down a tyranny without firing a bullet. This is even worse. The UN has repeatedly sanctioned North Korea for its pursuit of nuclear weapons, and the DPRK’s record of human rights under Kim Jong-il was among the worst not just of present day but in history.
In case the UN needed a reminder, TRS also has this story from CBN about the DPRK’s gulags under the Kim dynasty, and how they enforce “moments of silence” in Pyongyang:
The world doesn’t need moments of silence in dealing with the legacy of Kim Jong-il. It needs moments of truth and clarity. Vaclav Havel knew that; he didn’t bring down Soviet-imposed communist oppression in Czechoslovakia by remaining silent. If anything ever expressed the utter fecklessness and urge to appease dictators at the UN, this shameful display certainly does so.
For a moment of levity rather than silence, my friend Steven Crowder has exclusive video of Kim Jong-il arriving where … we’d pretty much expect:
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North Korea needs to understand that we are feeling a little crabby today. Perhaps twenty or thirty precisely placed Tomahawks would best illustrate that point.
M240H on April 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM
What was it Mom used to say about bullies? Oh yeah, they can dish it out but they can’t take it.
Is it time for Kerry to promise one-on-one unconditional talks if they’ll stop saying mean things?
Drained Brain on April 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM
So it turns out that Baby Kim’s nuts aren’t that big after all.
Ward Cleaver on April 16, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Not really. The Norks can just lie to their own people and even make a video of Seoul in flames. The people are obligated to believe it. Or else.
The Rogue Tomato on April 16, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Lil Kim (aka the Chosen one) is lucky the ROK’s have shown so much restraint thus far.
The only thing holding them back is they understand the costs they will have to incur to unify the peninsula…a couple trillion over a decade or so. Repair the damage in the South, rebuild the North, and have to find a way to feed the remainders of what was once a population of 24 million…albeit sharply reduced.
coldwarrior on April 16, 2013 at 10:49 AM
0bama obliges in 3…. 2…. 1….
UltimateBob on April 16, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Eh, the Phat Chunk needs anything he can get his sausagy fingers around to make himself look like a world leader, so of course they will make a big deal out of a few effigys being burned.
Rivers of blood, fields of bones, yankee pig dogs all die! Yeah yeah, settle down, Blimpie.
Bishop on April 16, 2013 at 10:50 AM
I’ve got your apology right here.
50sGuy on April 16, 2013 at 10:53 AM
North Korea doesn’t have a free press. State media can produce propaganda showing a successful test and there’s no way to contradict that claim. Indoctrination is a powerful tool.
blammm on April 16, 2013 at 11:00 AM
I’d like to apologize to him. Personally. In spades.
HiJack on April 16, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Best just to ignore NoKo.
rbj on April 16, 2013 at 11:06 AM
It’s time for someone to turn the tables on NK and start threatening them. Unlike Iraq circa 2002, I think North Korea knows how precarious its position is and would quickly comply.
blink on April 16, 2013 at 11:08 AM
“We’re sorry we were only able to get 250 people to participate.”
The Rogue Tomato on April 16, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Hey! No need to be greedy…I’m sure we can share a few more than that.
Not to mention, don’t we still have a few Iowa-Class Battleships sitting at berth with nothing to do?
Let’s remind the runt about how gun-crazy Americans really are…and the Navy can get in some extra range time to boot!
Win-Win!
BlaxPac on April 16, 2013 at 11:11 AM
This tactic works even easier with Obama voters.
Alabama Infidel on April 16, 2013 at 11:12 AM
I would pay to watch that!
OldEnglish on April 16, 2013 at 11:13 AM
I expect John F’n Kerry will have to make further concessions to Red China to get North Korea to back down from their threats. Funny how that works.
slickwillie2001 on April 16, 2013 at 11:15 AM
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I can’t get the notion out of my mind, that this is all an “orchestrated” distraction between Barack, and Kim.
listens2glenn on April 16, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Oh, those NorKs. They be crazy!
madmonkphotog on April 16, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Already paid for by your tax dollars for Defense.
Thank You US Navy!
BlaxPac on April 16, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Apparently people have the right to free speech in South Korea, and they aren’t crazy about Krazy Kim III. If the North Korean population had the right to free speech, their adulation of Krazy Kim might be rather muted.
So Krazy Kim is now telling free people in a foreign country, “Ruv me or I’ll kill you!”
I remember effigies of George W. Bush being burned in Tehran several years ago. What if GWB had had the same reaction as Krazy Kim?
Steve Z on April 16, 2013 at 11:23 AM
I think that is a distinct possibility. And little chubs knows that a failure is likely. Heck, they’ve only had one that really worked. Having another one get 3/4ths of a mile downrange before it craps out would be, well, embarrassing.
iurockhead on April 16, 2013 at 11:26 AM
No… nK has to serve, THEN we volley…
Khun Joe on April 16, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Odd how the US media/populace is starting to conform to that mold, isn’t it?
Midas on April 16, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Starting? Have you watched MSNBC & CNN (with a barf bag I hope)in the last 20 years?
Or listen to NPR in the last 100?
:snort:
BlaxPac on April 16, 2013 at 11:49 AM
screw that lil midget and the horse he rode in on!
Katfish on April 16, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Honestly, probably less than a single cumulative hour with any of those. :)
Midas on April 16, 2013 at 12:02 PM
Can’t the Norks just make bigger and more effigies, burn them wiht fanfare, and we’d be done with the episode?
Sir Napsalot on April 16, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Will li’l Kim become unexpectedly ill after not delivering on his fiery rhetoric? …or does the DPRK military leadership believe in him as the supreme authority?
freedomfirst on April 16, 2013 at 12:27 PM
Send Michelle over to slap this child upside the head and end this tantrum before the belt comes out.
meci on April 16, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Oh yeah, keep pressing their buttons. DPRK needs to jump the shark such that they can get a royal beat down.
jake49 on April 16, 2013 at 12:54 PM
Hey, Yung ‘un. Saddam Hussein has your apology for you.
We’ll arrange a meeting.
Dexter_Alarius on April 16, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Screw North Korea . . . it’s time to take that little puke to the woodshed.
rplat on April 16, 2013 at 1:14 PM
I’m figuring the wee Kim is still trying it find his wang under his dog filled gunt.
RovesChins on April 16, 2013 at 1:37 PM
And here unseen had me nearly convinced WWIII was already starting.
Maybe tomorrow.
DarkCurrent on April 16, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Come on Kerry! Paddle your little Swift Boat over there, shoot yourself a few times, claim you defeated them and run for prez.
trl on April 17, 2013 at 12:46 PM