UN Fail: UN Condemns Sinking of South Korean Ship, but Fails to Mention North Korea Was Responsible

Why we bother to continue participation in the UN is beyond me. The UN has condemned the sinking of a South Korean warship by a torpedo fire by North Korea, but they fail to blame North Korea for the action. North Korea called this, “our great diplomatic victory.” Of course, President Obama wants a new era of engagement with the corrupt and ineffective UN.

The U.N. Security Council on Friday condemned a deadly attack on a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors and pointed a finger toward North Korea but didn’t directly blame the reclusive communist nation.

North Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Sin Son Ho called it “our great diplomatic victory,” stressing again that his country had nothing to do with the sinking of the 1,200-ton Cheonan on March 26. U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said he wouldn’t react “to overblown rhetoric.”

North Korea previously warned that its military forces would respond if the council questioned or condemned the country...

The statement about the ship sinking, approved by all 15 council members, expressed “deep concern”...

South Korea Believes North Korea Torpedoed South Korean Ship

This report is sure to heat up tensions on the Korean peninsula.

South Korea's military believes a torpedo fired from a North Korean submarine sank its navy ship last month, based on intelligence gathered jointly with the United States, a news report said on Thursday.

North and South Korea talks end after only 22 minutes

The first talks between North and South Korea were broken off after only 22 minutes. Apparently, the South Koreans wanted to talk about a detained businessman and the North Koreans weren't interested. Based on recent North Korean actions and statements, I doubt anything short of a formal surrender would have kept the talks going. CNN is reporting,

(CNN) -- Details emerged Wednesday from the first government-to-government talks between the two Koreas in more than a year.

Tuesday's talks ended quickly -- after 22 minutes -- South Korea's Unification Ministry said.

The two sides were to discuss business deals tied to the Kaesung Industrial Complex in North Korea, which is run by both nations. The talks broke off after the North Korean delegation refused to discuss the release of a detained South Korean worker, saying he was not on the agenda, according to South Korean officials.