Condi Rice sat on her hands and let the other 14 members of the Security Council give yet another Palestinian terrorist organization a seat in the United Nations:
The UN Security Council approved a resolution Thursday calling for an immediate and durable cease-fire between Hamas and Israeli forces now fighting in the Gaza Strip.The vote was 14-0, with the United States abstaining.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States "fully supports" the goals, text and objectives of the resolution but abstained because the US "thought it important to see the outcomes of the Egyptian mediation" with Israel and Hamas, aimed at achieving a cease-fire.
Since the likelihood of Hamas stopping the rocket launches is zero, Israel has responded with:
Jerusalem quickly responded to the decision by saying that no UN resolution would dictate when Israel would end its operation in Gaza. Senior officials told Israel Radio early Friday morning that only the achievement of goals defined by the Security Cabinet would establish the cessation of military activity.
The UN has been utterly pathetic in the form of UNIFIL, and it will be utterly pathetic with anything it implements in the way of a military force in Gaza.
Once again, happy hunting, IDF.
By the way, Mahmoud Abbas' term as Terrori-In-Chief of the Palestinian Authority ends tomorrow.
Technically, Hamas takes control of the PA.
That should be amusing, watching Obama spin his way into handing over they keys to PLO embassies across the country.
Pardon me while I vomit. Again.