Capitol Hill consensus: Obama screwed up on UN settlement resolution

[KoobleKar]

Originally Posted by ovcatto

While you were serving with the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit in Beirut did anyone point out to you that Israel was... over there?

Quite aware of where it was since I traveled there for R&R a couple times.

And I wasn't with the 32nd as a Navy Intelligence Officer. (also serving in Lebanon: 2 & 3rd battalions - 8th Marines)

Beirut could have been one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen if it wasn't for their civil war.

And this has what to do with UN Resolutions:

181:recommending partition of the British Mandate into Jewish and Arab states

194: conditional right of return of refugees

1397: the first resolution to explicitly call for a two-state solution.

And most importantly Security Council Resolution 242, Camp David Accords, Oslo, Geneva or Camp David Accords with regards to borders and settlements?

Having served with a multi-national force under the UN banner, I have very little use for the UN and couldn't possibly care less about their biased resolutions.

I saw things with my own eyes. And read things about how the UN operated that if I explained, you'd probably would hate them too.

I stand by the clueless remark.

You probably would since you've never been there and only know what the talking points are for the day.

[KoobleKar]

BTW....

What's some of the things I mentioned have to do with UN Resolutions?

Did you ever wonder why the Palestinians only demand their land back from and only attack Israel?

You're obviously aware that they once tried to have an uprising in Jordan...right?

And the outcome of that was....complete annihilation. Every man, woman, and child.

Syria not only murdered all the Palestinians once, but they wiped the entire refugee camp off the map as if it never existed.

[djacques]

Originally Posted by KoobleKar

Having served with a multi-national force under the UN banner, I have very little use for the UN and couldn't possibly care less about their biased resolutions.

(yawn) The rest of us, whatever dissatisfaction we may have with the UN, do in fact care about their resolutions, especially since we wield more control over them than we probably should.

Are you aware that we can veto any Security Council motion?

I saw things with my own eyes. And read things about how the UN operated that if I explained, you'd probably would hate them too.

Probably, but only because the UN is a collection of governments and I dislike governments, not because the U.S. is getting the short end of the stick.