Re: It's Early, But Will You Have for Dinner Tonight, Thursday, 11/14/2024?

Dave Smith wrote:

On 2024-11-28 5:44 p.m., clams casino wrote:

On 11/28/2024 3:17 PM, Bruce wrote:

On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:05:38 -0700, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:

 

The insular attitude of the majority of Americans, it seems.

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I'd look forward to cshenkie's view on world politics.
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The UN must be terminated, post haste.

 It has not been a total waste, but it is pretty close to useless.  First of all, there should not be any permanent members of the Security Council, and that includes the US. There should not be representatives on the human rights commission if they are oppressive regimes.
 Peace keeping missions are generally useless because they have such strict rules on engagement that they cannot fire until fired upon. That's nuts. If a country is so screwed up that the UN has to seen in armed troops they should be free to deal with threats preemptively. They should also be funded and armed by the UN rather than relying on countries that have been asked to send them.   Back in the 90s when there was a genocide in Rwanda the UN forces were powerless.  Canadian General Dallaire was assigned lead the UN forces. He had two aides from the Canadian army. Troops from Bengaledesh arrived with no gear at all. When they saw what was going on they had to wait hours to hear back from the UN and were told to keep away. Dallaire figured they had enough ammunition for a 20 minute fire fight.
 It has been such a failure in Cyrpus that UN troops are still there 60<?> years later. Then there are the peace  keepers in the Middle East.
 Do we need to mention the number of employees of the refugee program who were involved in the Hamas attacks on Israel?
 

So, why are you sitting on your flabby ass, posting on usenet when the world so desperately needs your expertise, officer Dave?
Are you pissed at the world? That seems to be the vibe you give out.