This surprises you? When Kofi Annan accuses Israel of deliberately murdering UNIFIL troops (I could justify such an action, btw, if it were true, given that UNIFIL troops had such a cozy relationship with Hezbollah), I think that we know which side of this war the UN has chosen.

Beyond the trans-nationalist, ideological, "diplomatic" and tergiversating underpinning here, this also has an obsessive/compulsive quality to it. They cannot and will not deal with all the hard-nosed realities, so they revert to habits of mind and temper, compulsions, obsessions, etc. My armchair Freudian thought of the day, but intuitively it has that quality to it.

Here's hoping they use the Mafia's cold patch compound.

This surprizes anyone when :

Consider the following article titled “UN Ceremony Includes Map of ‘Palestine’ In Place of Israel” published December 9, 2005. Here is how it begins:
The United Nations held a "Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People" last week. A large map of “Palestine,” with Israel literally wiped off the map, featured prominently in the festivities. The ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York and was attended by Secretary General Kofi Annan and the Presidents of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly. [1]
Now, you should have picked up the significance as you read this statement. A meeting that was held at the United Nations, attended by the Secretary General of the United Nations to honor the Palestinian people, displayed a map of the Middle East - without Israel on the map.
But that is not all. There is more to indicate that UN officials knew exactly what they were doing. Quoting again from the article:
With the map hanging behind him, Secretary-General Annan addressed the public meeting at UN Headquarters. At the start of the ceremony, the dignitaries present asked attendees to observe a moment of silence. “I invite everyone present to rise and observe a minute of silence in memory of all those who have given their lives for the cause of the Palestinian people,” the master of ceremonies said. [2]

As an American-Isreali while serving on the Lebenon/Isreal Border just over a year ago in May, our base was pounded with rockets and morters two weekends in a row. The Hezbolah were using the UN bases as cover while not inside the UN Bases were positioned alongside as to prevent us (I was in a tank) from returning fire. Talk about peacekeepers! We all know the UN is a platfrom for promoting terrorisim and the suffering of those who truly want to live peacfully and democraticly.

Thanks for your comment, Moshe. I've pasted it into an entry above.