UN 'stands idly by' Lebanon 'bloodbath'-Arab League

[cal04]

An Arab League delegation accused the Security Council on Tuesday of standing by idly while weeks of fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah sew "the seeds of hatred and extremism" in the Middle East.

"It is most saddening that the council stands idly by, crippled, unable to stop the bloodbath which has become the bitter daily lot of the defenseless Lebanese people," Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al-Thani, the head of a three-man Arab League delegation, told the 15-nation council.

"What is happening will sew the seeds of hatred and extremism in the area and provide a pretext for those who feel that the international community is taking sides and lacks fairness as to this dispute," he told the 15-nation council.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08182549.htm

[mike_c]

1. sadly, I agree....

The U.N. has become little more than a debating society forever chasing its own tail for all the good it does in situations that really call for supra-national action.

[poverlay]

2. What can the U.N. possibly do when the U.S. vetoes every resolution

condemning Israel? When Israel murders their peacekeepers and aid givers? If the U.N. is impotent it is the fault of the U.S.. The U.S. is the only country that can stop this wanton destruction and murder. They haven't even tried.

[Waya]

3. Couldn't have said it better.............

[newyorican]

4. /signed

n/t

[breakaleg]

5. absolutely agree.

someone suggested in a post recently there should be some sort of restitution if one country uses their veto power too many times, they lose it. I know it will likely never happen, but the UN should definitely make changes so that one country is not allowed to coddle another while the world sits in horror of their actions.