Posted by
arandomguy on Friday, November 10, 2006 11:47:30 PM
The UN Security Council has scheduled a Saturday vote on a resolution - drawn up by several Arab nations - condemning Israel for their war against Gaza militants, and calling for Israel to pull all troops out of Gaza, and cease all hostility with the terrorists in the region (though the resolution doesn't call them terrorists).
The initial draft of the resolution called on Israel to engage in an immediate ceasefire, and called for a UN peacekeeping force to be sent to the region - much like the extremely successful UN peacekeeping force sent to Lebanon earlier this year. But of course the resolution isn't totally biased against the evil Jewish state. It calls on Palestine to "take steps toward ending violence."
So Israel has to pull all their forces out, and just sit around waiting to be attacked again, while Palestine simply gets to "take steps toward ending violence?" Does anybody else see a problem here? Peace is not a relative term. It takes an agreement by both sides. When one side is forced to make peace, especially when that side has not lost, it will never turn out well.
Furthermore, Israel should not sue for peace. It was the islamic jihadists who started this war against Israel, way back in 1948. It is up to them to end it. Israel is not an evil nation. They are a freedom-loving, western-style democracy in the middle east - the very first in the region. Furthermore, they have been attacked over and over again by islamic militants for virtually their entire existence.
I was mad when Israel pulled out of Lebanon earlier this year. I felt that the UN resolution calling for "peace" was deceptive and failed to address the important issues, like Iranian and Syrian arms trafficking. I was right about that resolution. It failed, and Israel is no closer to peace than it was before the war. I felt that Israel had a chance to deal a major blow to the islamofascists, but that it failed to do so because it evidently (like some in the US government) lacks the stomach to do what is necessary - heavy bombing and extensive ground operations.
I am upset now, because the UN Security Council should not be voting on such garbage. The UNSC is supposed to keep the peace. You don't keep the peace by ordering peaceful nations to stop their defensive wars against islamic aggressors. This will never result in peace because you are going after the wrong side. If the UNSC could convince the terrorists to drop their arms, that would be an accomplishment. It will never happen, but if it did, it would be an accomplishment all the same.
That said, it is likely the US will veto this piece of garbage. The resolution is a joke, written by several angry Arab governments, condemning Israel. Of course, this is nothing unusual, since these same nations spend most of their waking day condemning Israel for various crimes.
I said the US will likely veto this. The US better veto this junk, because it is not fit (even for the UN) to be voted on. It is a hateful resolution attacking a nation that has done little (if anything) wrong, save defend itself. Israel is in the right here, and the UN (once again) is completely and totally wrong.
SEND THE UN TO HAITI!