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July 13, 2012

Tilting at the UN Windmill

Jonah Goldberg, National Review

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The United Nations website tells us that there is something called the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of the General Assembly on the Integrated and Coordinated Implementation of and Follow-up to the Major United Nations Conferences and Summits in the Economic and Social Fields. Who among us doesn’t sleep better knowing the OAHWGGAICIFMUNCSESF is working for us?

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TAGGED: Iran, North Korea, United States, UN, United Nations

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