{"id":4553,"date":"2017-04-13T10:29:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T08:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4553"},"modified":"2017-04-13T10:29:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T08:29:46","slug":"pointless-anger-at-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/4553\/","title":{"rendered":"Pointless Anger at the UN"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Syria war: Anger after Russia vetoes resolution at UN<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anger?<\/p>\n

Russia has vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council that would have condemned last week’s alleged chemical attack in Syria and demanded that Damascus cooperate with investigators.<\/p>\n

The resolution was presented by the US, UK and France, who reacted angrily to Russia’s decision.<\/p>\n

It was the eighth time Russia has protected its ally at the council.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why is anyone angry at this? It was an absolute certainty that Russia was going to support its ally Assad and veto any resolution, if anyone was surprised – let along angered – by this then they ought to be fired immediately for being so unimaginably stupid that euthanasia becomes a serious consideration.<\/p>\n

There’s no point being angry at Russia: they have made it clear they support Assad and either don’t believe he used chemical weapons or don’t care that he did. And there’s no point in being angry at their wielding a veto, this is what all the permanent members do when their allies are ganged up on (justifiably or not).<\/p>\n

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley condemned Russia’s action: “You are isolating yourselves from the international community every time one of Assad’s planes drop another barrel bomb on civilians and every time Assad tries to starve another community to death,” she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what’s new? If you don’t like how the system works, then change it or walk away. All this latest resolution has done is provide an opportunity for people to go on a jolly to New York and to demonstrate how useless the United Nations is. Again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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