U.N. standards vary

Your article (Oct. 17) on the U.N. Commission and Goldstone Report critical of Israeli soldiers in the Gaza war illustrates pretty much how imbecilic and dysfunctional this anti-Semitic, anti-U.S., Third World-dominated body has become.

The Chinese take over Tibet, Putin invades Georgia and Chechnya, the Brits send an armada to save their sheep on the Falkland Islands, Syria dominates Lebanon, Iran feeds Hezbollah and Hamas and threatens Israel with extinction, Hamas kicks out the PLO and sends rockets into southern Israel, Hezbollah re-arms itself in a U.N. zone and continues to threaten northern Israeli villages, North Korea sells missiles and nuclear reactor parts to Syria – and all of these acts generate nary a whimper from anyone remotely familiar with the original U.N. charter and mandate.

But lo and behold, Israel goes after Arab terrorists and every bloated diplomat getting luxurious housing and free parking in New York City becomes a holier-than-though apostle of peace. What’s the next move of this myopic organization: criminal charges against American and NATO troops trying to save Pakistan and Afghanistan from self-destructing?

Here’s hoping our most recent Nobel Prize winner has the vertebrae to back up his rhetoric on establishing sanity on this planet.

Joseph Harari

Spokane