[Desdicado]

Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric: Why no UN resolution against Israel?, why no UN observers?. US double standards? Why no U.N. resolutions against Israel? Good question. Why don't you ask the U.N.? If any member country had a serious gripe against Israel and thier actions, then they could always request the U.N. to investigate and intervene in the situation - just like the U.S. did with Iraq. If the U.N. declined to take any action, then the member country could always say "I believe the Israeli atrocities are too heinous to be ignored. If the U.N. will not help us, we will go after Israel ourselves." (again, similar to the stance of the U.S., U.K., and Spain). .

I don't think anyone would seriously consider "going after " Israel, knowing full well that it has the full backing in anything it does of the most powerfull nation on earth!.

Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric: Of course, there is the minor problem that Israel is not threatening anybody other than Palestinians...and that is only being done in retaliation for attacks made against their citizens...so the U.N. is MORE likely to lend their support to Israel against the disgruntled member. This is NOT the situation with Iraq. In November, 2002...the members of the U.N. unanimously agreed that Saddam Hussein had not complied with the the resolution to disarm and that it was time to send inspectors back in to try and complete the job they started 12 years ago. Even France, Germany, and Russia agree that Saddam Hussein should be disarmed and conceivably removed from power...they just disagree on how that goal should be accomplished. >[/QB]

Numerous UN resolutions have been tabled, all have been vetoed by the US.

Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric: U.S. double standards? Nope. Israel is an ALLY of the U.S. and has not threatened our military nor our citizens. They do not consider America to be the "Great Satan". They have NOT been torturing, mutiliting, and slaughtering their own citizens. They have been retaliating against very real attacks aimed at thier citizens. Even with the ferocity prevalent on BOTH sides of the fighting between Israel and Palestine, NEITHER side has used chemical or biological weapons against the other. Saddam Hussein is NOT an ally of the U.S. He does consider us the "Great Satan" and his regime has committed innumerable atrocities against their "enemies" and their own citizens alike. So - NO - I don't see any "double standard" between our treatment of the two.[/QB]

Ah, I see now, it is alright for Israel to commit atrocities because it is an ally of the US.
Perhaps that is Saddams mistake, he should have stayed friendly with the US, which after all was arming him during the Iran Iraq war.

Incidentally, I don't support suicide bombers, any more than I support Israel trying to depopulate the Palestinian areas.
However, the Palestinians have no tanks, planes or army and I do understand their need to fight back.

[ 03-19-2003, 04:23 AM: Message edited by: Desdicado ]