The UN - Israel - and the USA

Last night I had a conversation with a fellow from Israel.  I was off duty, so it was not obvious who I worked for at the time (no uniform).  This guy went on and on about how horrible the UN was.  I believe he had problems because of the "war crimes" accusaion by some in the UN against Israel for defending themselves.

I do not think the UN is so evil, and explained to him about his own history (this was a young guy).  I explained to him how the UN was responsible in a way for the formation of the modern Israel.  He thought Israel became a modern nation befor the United Nations was formed. Also the division into a Jewish area and Arab area of Palestine was one of the earliest acts of the UN. In 1947, the United Nations approved the partition of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab.(UN resolution 181). Israel declared independence in 1948 and won additional territory in subsiquent wars (which some still want to refer to it as "occupied territory"

Now I told him the the UN was often ineffective in how it conducts business and peacekeeping, but rarrely is there an alternative to finding a peaceable solution in many parts of the world.

"The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945 upon ratification of the Charter by the five permanent members of the Security Council — France, the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States — and by a majority of the other 46 signatories. The first meetings of the General Assembly, with 51 nations represented, and the Security Council, took place in Westminster Central Hall in London in January 1946. "  - Wikipedia


He said something about "Ask your Marines what they think of the UN"  I told him I just had earlier when they were visiting UN Headquarters earlier that day.  He seemed a bit peeved that I had interaction in a good way with the Marines.

Sometimes in our own zealouness we lose sight of the facts.


Anyways - Stay safe!

Now He is Prez - Will He Do What He Said He Would?

OK, we now have a new President. Will he do what he said he would? We will see. This is an event that has absorbed all other news stories even here in Liberia. The world awaits as the new President hopes he had a "save the economy" task bar on his computer. Who knows, maybe he does. It is not like there are "cheat codes" for the economy.

I am sure all the Hollywood types like Paris Hilton, Jennifer Gardner, and Jennifer Aniston were tickled pink today as he was sworn in.

Well God Bless America - and God Bless our new president.

Y'all Stay Safe!

Obama Will Soon Be Inagurated

OK, we all know it is coming soon.  The big historic event which may not seem like much years from now, but at this time it is a big deal.

I hope this guy does OK 

He has made some poor leadership decisions - Like Leon Panetta for CIA Director?  I mean - who is less qualified (not including the mentally handicapped and children)?  This guy has NO background in intelligence.

Let's see he was white house CHief of Staff (nothing to do with intelligence) has the Panetta institute for Public Policy... um  maybe he spied on someone as a kid...

When there has been so much critisim of the intelligence community, we now will have a clueless leader of such stuff...

A Return of the Old Ways?

I found this story interesting. It is about how the German police broke into an apartment and took down an Israli Flag to "calm a Muslim Crowd." You can find the story and video. It appears that Germany has joined Liberia in deciding that Mob Justice rules.

It seems that some of the old ways are creeping back into the German Goverment. However, in all fairness, the German Police later apologized for the act.

To quote a bit of the story:"Muslims in Denmark chanted, "Down, down Israel, down, down USA, down, down democracy, down, down Denmark." One Muslim executed the Nazi salute and shouted, "We want to kill all the Jews, all the Jews should be slain, they have no right to exist!"

Interesting stuff huh? Especially the down, down democracy.

You can see Israel's perspective of the ongoing war here. It is quite interesting.

Stay Safe!