Eye-opening article on U.N.

[Ping]

And so it continues. No matter how tough the talk, it seems that ALL countries in some way are supporting terrorists and thier goals.
 It is hypocrisy at its finest. Its much more fun to point our fingers at the enemy and complain about our neighbours horrendous faults, than it is to look in the mirror.

 We will probably never see Terrorist and Terrorism truely defined due to the fact it would brand us all as supporters.

[bozon]

The UN is the body that basically created Israel in the first place.

The UN may take credit for that, though aside from voting, they did nothing. Israel had to fight it out alone.

The UN has called for peacekeeping troops for many much smaller conflicts, and hundreds of thousands of peacekeeping troops have been deployed worldwide.

I've seen the UN peacekeeping troops at action. They are worthless - not that I blame them, I wouldn't like to get killed in some else's stupid conflict either.
I would NEVER trust them with my or my dearest's life.

Having said that, the UN is not worthless. It is badly in need of a reform. It hold important humanitarian rolls and also in supervising various international agreements, both political and enviromental. Action is not it's strong side, never will be and shouldn't be anyway.

Bozon

[Steve]

Happy holiday, SLO.  good to hear from you.

[Sabre]

Nashwan:

I give you credit for at least answering the article, though I disagree with your dismissal of the article as unworthy of comment (bit of a contradiction, since you did in fact comment).  I don't have time now to fully respond, so let me sum it up.  Given all the problems around the world, the fact that the U.N. devotes as much time and energy on the Palistinians (and routinely biases that time and energy in favor of the Palistinians) seems dispropotionate.  The 5% seems small, except that it is only 1 of the many such activities/committiees that are involved in the Israili-Palistinian issue.  To truly get a feel for proportionality, you would need to look at all the activities as a whole, than compare that devoted to the subject issue with the time/resouces directed at other major issues, such as the Sudan or Ruwanda.

By the way, the US does have official definition of terrorism, though there are several flavors of that definition (State Dept vs DoD for example).  As for the hypocracy you speak of, there is some here as well as abroad.  It's not right, and I don't support it.

[Ping]

Sabre: Just to clarify, I'm not pointing a finger at the US alone here. I am serious when I say All are guilty.
 Canada seems to allow every kind of scum in its borders and then grants refuge to their sorry genocidal prettythang.
 Its saddening, maddening , if you actually look at our respective governments behind the door dealings and manipulations.

 Why should we expect the U.N. to be any different? Its hard to expect a larger body to display honourable actions when all the member states are rife in corruption or selfserving attitudes.
 Be it Americans or Canadians, or any one else for that matter, we have very little effect on how politicians act anymore.
 Once elected promises are made to be broken. Laws or regulations are enacted irregardeless of public opinion.
 It doesn't matter which Party you vote for, they seem equally as bad.

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by Holden McGroin
What do Canadians do this time of year with no NHL?

*sigh*  Euchre and karyoke.