Sunday, April 10, 2022

Russia off UN Human Rights Council--Canada and Austrailia next?

 

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow was thrown off the UN Human Rights Council.  It only stands to reason that repressive countries like Canada and Australia, trampling peaceful protesters and forcibly deporting their citizens to quarantine camps, would be next. 

The United Nations lost credibility a long time ago, so UN sanction really does not mean much.

This brings us to the question--Why do we have a United Nations?

It might be time for them to relocate to someplace more fitting like Cairo or even Casablanca.  As for the UN Building, that is a lot of office space not generating any revenue for a cash starved US government.

Give the US disregard for the UN, exemplified by multiple overseas American military operations since 2003, I am surprised this question has not bounced around Washington, DC. Our $11 billion has plenty of uses here at home and our trillion dollar budget deficit cannot really handle such hand outs.

The UN is good for humanitarian operations and peacekeeping, so let's not get rid of it completely.

But unless it does what it is supposed to do, let's not make it more than it really is--a glorified debating society.

1 comment:

  1. Time to consign the UN to dust bin of history where it will have good company with the League of Nations.

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