U.N.'s coddled pot calls the kettle black; redefines war crimes

Before the epithets of "racist" start because of quoting an old truism, it should be noted that the "pot" this time is Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, who is calling President Obama and his bullet points the black kettle. Both parties have no compunction about spinning facts to maintain their own version of the nuclear talk results.

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When John Kerry's English version of the so-called agreement contradicts what Iran released in Farsi, there is a major problem for the West. Yet President Obama somehow thinks that this nuclear deal will thaw relations between Iran and the U.S. to "chip away at the mistrust." If Zarif's reaction to the bullet points is any indication, trust is off the table due to blatant lying by both parties – the U.S.' tale of triumph despite Iran's obvious intent to go nuclear. Even Ayatollah Khameini, on March 21, tweeted how there will be no agreement unless Iran can continue on its uranium-enriching path. Any reasonable bystander must recognize the touted pact is nothing more than an endorsement of Iran's nuclear policy, not a restrictive deal. A scam on the United States and the other participating nations is a better description of this plan to restore Iran's economic capacity without any concessions. Iran has already proven to be unworthy of any trust as it sponsors terrorism all across the Mideast and Africa, to the point that any nation with a modicum of sense shouldn't believe that a reasonable agreement could emerge from the talks. As the word battle heats up between the different versions of what has been concluded thus far in Lausanne, Switzerland, the U.N., which Iran expects to immediately abandon economic sanctions, addresses a new breed of war crime. Evidently, nothing has been said relating to Iran-sponsored terror of Hamas, Hezbollah and let's not forget the "fringe" group of Al-Shabaab that just massacred 147 mostly Christian university students in Kenya. No, according to Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations secretary-general, war crimes are defined as ISIS demolition crews obliterating historical sites in Iraq, not the flagrant torture and murder of Christians. As much as the destruction of ancient artifacts is deplorable, they do not share equal footing with the human lives being brutally cut short. Official statements from the White House acknowledged that the carnage was aimed at Christians. But President Obama, when calling upon the Kenyan president to offer condolences, carefully avoided referring to the students as such despite their unmistakable targeting for their religion. In all, as the slaughter of Christians is stepped-up by Iran-backed terror and anti-Semitism rises, charges of committing war crimes have been levied against Israel in defending its borders and, of all things, artifact-smashing zealots. The international community is more than blind, it's deaf and dumb as well. The outrage that should be shouted from the mountaintops against those trying to annihilate Christians and Israel, claiming that Islam demands it, is non-existent. The U.N. would rather rail against the razing of cultural sites as a worse crime than murdering innocents. As a political entity that claims to stand for human rights yet does nothing of the kind, the U.N. is wholly lacking in integrity let alone logic. The question asked over and over again is reiterated here... what purpose does the United Nations serve? Not that of shielding the innocent, the dispossessed or the disenfranchised, as history has proven. Evidently, it is authorized to protect ancient statues and buildings. Helpless or unpopular folk can fend for themselves.