This week, the United Nations observed “Palestine Day,” dedicating a whole day to chastising Israel for its unforgivable sin of existing and deeply regretting the UN’s role in the creation of the Jewish state.
This brings to mind the UN’s most recent efforts at ending a shooting war in the Middle East: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 on the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War in Lebanon.
That conflict flared up when Hezbollah invaded Israel from Lebanon and kidnaped two Israeli soldiers (Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev — you won’t find those names mentioned very often) and killed another three in the attack. The plan was to trade the prisoners for convicted terrorist and child-murderer Samir Al-Quntar.
In retaliation, Israel attacked Hezbollah throughout southern Lebanon and invaded, triggering 33 days of the fiercest fighting seen outside Iraq. The fighting was ended when the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1701.
And how’s that working out? As usual — a dismal failure... [snip]
... And the only “interference” they made was in making sure there were plenty of (often staged or faked) photos showing just how much the people of southern Lebanon had suffered under Israel’s ...
... UNIFIL has covered itself in glory like when they skillfully avoided a previous shooting war when they actively covered up (if not actually participated) in a prior kidnapping invasion of Israel by Hezbollah, who used UNIFIL-marked vehicles ...
... Rather than being disarmed, Hezbollah is now far, far better armed than ever. Rather than being isolated, it is now an integral part of the Lebanese government, holding veto power over actions of that government ...
Amid its rank failure to enforce the resolution it passed ending the Israel-Hezbollah conflict (and laying the groundwork for Hezbollah to launch another, far more brutal conflict any time it wishes), the UN still has time to decide that Israel is responsible for about 83% of the world’s human-rights violations and condemn them for it.
At what point do we realize that the United Nations causes (or, at least, tolerates and foments) far more trouble in the world than it prevents? When do we work on a new international body, composed of actual democracies genuinely interested in human rights and freedom?
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[he forgot the part where our tax dollars pay for it all]
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