Nikki Haley blasts Syria’s friends in scathing announcement

Nikki Haley keeps on sticking it to the U.N., and it continues to be glorious

In the wake of yesterday’s Tomahawk missile strike on Syria, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is calling out countries, such as Bolivia, that choose “to defend the atrocities of the Syrian regime”. This was in response to Bolivia’s request to hold an emergency Security Council meeting about the strike, a meeting they wanted to hold in a closed session. Nikki Haley wasn’t having any of that.

As we reported earlier in the week, the U.S. currently holds the position of president of the U.N. Security Council. It’s only a one-month gig, and Nikki Haley clearly intends to make the most of her limited time.

Bolivia does not have a large Muslim population, but it does enjoy close relationships with many Middle Eastern countries. The World Almanac of Islamism explains it this way:

Bolivia, a country of over 10.6 million people, has a Muslim population of approximately 2,000. But while the practice of the religion in Bolivia remains small and dispersed, the election of President Evo Morales in 2005 brought about a more amiable relationship with Islamic countries in the Middle East, and significantly opened Bolivia’s official policy towards Islam in the years since.

Morales has expressed his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the past and has spoken out against any U.S. actions in Syria. Yesterday’s missile strike was in response to Assad’s chemical attack earlier this week on his own people; autopsies on some of the victims indicate sarin gas was used.