Originally Posted by
earlyriser
Great post.
You're right the UN in it's current form will never work. The economic interests of its members outweigh any social concerns. The permanent Security Council members do need their veto, however. When you think of the big five members - the US, UK, China, Russia, and France - these are the nations most likely to become involved in a big war given their military and economic capabilities as well as their influence and global presence. They need to be in discussion, avoiding mass conflict, and the veto contributes to a stalemate between these states.
There will never be a peaceful solution to the Israel/Palestine problem with Hamas in power. Hamas do not want peace with Israel, will never want peace with Israel, and until they are ousted there won't be peace between the two peoples. One can argue that the Israeli govt are not concerned about the plight of the Palestinian people. Neither are Hamas. It suits their agenda to have Palestinians killed under IDF bombardment and the bodies dragged out for the world to see. Sami Abu Zuhri has encouraged people to remain indoors and ignore the IDF's requests to evacuate homes. They claim people are doing this voluntarily but knowing Hamas I doubt the majority of people are volunteering their lives.
I don't condone Israel's actions and their disproportionate response but this conflict involves more than just 'badguy' Israel. Neither Hamas nor this Israeli govt are capable of bringing peace to the region. In fact discussions between Hamas and any Israeli govt are likely to break down. Could there be progress is each sides backers were to restrict funding? Possibly for a time. It's funny how a lot of people point accusatory fingers at the US for giving money to the Israelis when they also fund the Palestinian Authority. The EU, UN, and US have given them billions in funding. All that money given to the Palestinian Authority and the Israelis and not one glimpse of progress.
17 million victims, including Jews, Romanis, Slavs, Poles, Soviets, Ukranians, religious dissidents, political opponents, homosexuals, the mental and physically disabled. But yeah,there's far worse than Hitler.