[Skunk]

Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric: Yes, I realize that Skunk has a habit of bringing up Israel on a regular basis, regardless of whether the thread is actually about Israel or not.

Rubbish. It has everything to do with Israel. It is because of Israel's nuclear stockpile that every other country in the middle east is seeking weapons of mass destruction, or is expected to be seeking them.

Remember that WAR was declared on Iraq on the SUPPOSITION that it had WMD's. War was not declared on Israel despite the actual EVIDENCE that it has and maintains a nuclear stockpile.

Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric: One other reason that U.N. hasn't taken any action (and why there is so much blame placed on the U.S.A. for this inaction ) could be because when the U.N. DOES finally get off it's duff and decide to do something, guess who they expect to provide the bulk of the force? Yep, U.S. So when the U.S. says they support Israel and will NOT support action against them, the U.N. is left between the proverbial rock and hard place.

War is the LAST TOOL OF RESORT of the UN, Cerek, not the first. And the US does not provide the bulk of troops - INDIA PROVIDES THE MOST (and has done for the last TWENTY years), with Germany second and Britain third.

And the first tool of the UN is SANCTIONS - which does not need the US military to implement. And the US is blamed for the failure of those sanctions to be implemented because it casts it veto to prevent them.