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| 991.1 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed Oct 31 1990 19:43 | 1 |
| Headline in The Boston Globe: "3 Palestinians die as violence erupts again."
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| 991.2 | where is justice? | TALLIS::COHEN | | Wed Oct 31 1990 20:05 | 18 |
| The UN is merely a body that due to it's make up, is interested
only in condemming Israel and the U.S.. Last week when thirty
or so voters were shot in Sri Lanka by government troops, was
anyone condemned? Did Saudi Arabia get condemned when 400
pilgrims died in mecca a few years back? When Abu Nidal, or
various PLO factions take responsiblity for heinious crimes
in Israel or Europe does anyone get condemned? In Russia where
there have recently been attacks on Jews, were they condemned?
Of course not!!!!
Not that I wish to be an "isolationist", but as an American,
I have to ask why are we subsidizing a body that serves little
positive purpose, other than creating a forum for third world
countries to launch negative campaigns against Israel and the U.S.,
while attempting to spread them apart.
Ron
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| 991.3 | Why the U.N. | TACT04::SID | | Thu Nov 01 1990 08:58 | 22 |
| <.1> Headline in The Boston Globe: "3 Palestinians
<.1> die as violence erupts again."
Please tell me you were being facetious, and that this wasn't *really*
the headline...
<.2> why are we subsidizing a body that serves little
<.2> positive purpose, other than creating a forum for third world
<.2> countries to launch negative campaigns against Israel and the U.S.
You could ask the same question about why Israel remains a member. The
answer is that for all the problems with that organization, it still remains
the world's only international forum for countries to debate their differences
rather than resort to war. As the Hebrew (ungrammatical) expression has it,
"zeh ma yesh" -- that's what there is -- and until we come up with something
better, it seems foolish to abandon it. Besides which, for all the blah-blah
(and worse) of the General Assembly, the UN has various committees which
provide for very useful international cooperation on thinks like standards
(e.g., communications and measurement standards, not standards of behavior),
weather watch, etc.
Sid
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| 991.4 | It's true | DECSIM::GROSS | The bug stops here | Thu Nov 01 1990 17:16 | 14 |
| <.1> Headline in The Boston Globe: "3 Palestinians
<.1> die as violence erupts again."
<.3> Please tell me you were being facetious, and that this wasn't *really*
<.3> the headline...
It's true. I dashed off to our library and found it on the back page
of the first section of Wednesday's Globe. The story covered 3 separate
incidents; the bombing, a security guard who shot and killed an assailant
who stabbed him, and a murder suspect who refused police orders to halt.
I cancelled my Globe subscription ages ago.
Dave
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| 991.5 | Words fail me... | TACT04::SID | | Thu Nov 01 1990 22:08 | 0 |
| 991.6 | The UN is not working out | TALLIS::COHEN | | Fri Nov 02 1990 19:44 | 20 |
| The Jews have been waiting for the messiah for quite some time.
Apparently we are a very patient race. We Jews have been waiting
for peace in Israel since 48'. We have been patient there too.
The U.N. as it was conceived was supposed to be a forum to resolve
world problems rather than to resort to war. Not everyone is so
patient though. The world has had a few casualties since the U.N.
was chartered. I recall the Viet Nam war, the six day war in 67',
Angola, etc. etc. etc. etc...
It is starting to become apparent to me that maybe the U.N. is not
helping to stop wars. What is apparent though is that it has become
a forum where we (the U.S.) can be maligned and have our allies
maligned, and then asked to pick up the "check", and subsidize our
tormenters.
My point is, the UN is getting to be like a bad marriage. Either you
see a counsilor, and work your problems, or you see a lawyer and
resolve the problem.
Ron
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