Standing up to the U.N. shows America's greatness

"It happened again last week. When the UN Security Council voted to condemn Israel for what happened along its border with Gaza - without even mentioning Hamas, let alone acknowledging the terror group's responsibility for the violence - not a single nation joined the United States in opposing the motion. When UN Ambassador Nikki Haley then put forward a separate measure condemning Hamas, the rest of the council either voted no or abstained.

That leaves Americans asking whether fears about having the rest of the world aligned against us are more important than pride in being willing to stand up and do the right thing, even if it means being alone.

This isn't the only time the US has stood alone recently and it's got the foreign-policy establishment as well as America's European allies up in arms. The same thing happened when President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and when he pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal. His critics took the refusal of America's Western European allies to agree as a sign that his administration's foreign policy is doomed to fail...

An America that is unafraid to stand up against UN bias is one other nations can't ignore. The same is true on Iran, where Trump is defending the interests of the West against those who care only about profiting from trade with supporters of terrorism.

Being alone isn't easy but sometimes it's necessary. Far from abdicating America's position on the world stage, on Israel and Iran, Trump is protecting the vital interests of the West and US security.

Moments like Haley's stand at the UN should make Americans proud. They're an example of US leadership, not weakness."