Circum Spective

THIS IS WHERE OBAMA SHINES
AND WILL IN THE FUTURE:
Presiding Over International Meetings

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- With President Barack Obama presiding, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed a sweeping strategy aimed at halting the spread of nuclear weapons and ultimately eliminating them, to usher in a world with "undiminished security for all."

"That can be our destiny," Obama declared after the 15-nation body adopted the historic, U.S.-initiated resolution at an unprecedented summit session. "We will leave this meeting with a renewed determination to achieve this shared goal."

"This is a historic moment, a moment offering a fresh start toward a new future," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, saluting the first such Security Council gathering of presidents and premiers to deal with nuclear nonproliferation.

Oh, it'll be a new future, all right, Mr. Monkey-Moon. It just won't be the one most of us wanted or expected.