Syria is a mess, submerged in the mighty egos of a Superpower and a former Superpower, with the Middle-East (as West Asia and North Africa would be known as to the West) nations aiding and abetting the killing of innocents.
The debate continues - should the US and its allies arm the rebels (the Hezboollah is a detracting force), or should Assad be allowed to dominate, so at least the bloodbath ends.
Whether it is Obama or Putin, there seems little to suggest that there has been any concerted thought about the human and humane angles of the conflict that is reaching a 100,000 casualty figure.
The arguments are pretty absurd, modestly put.
Obama, who has to now justify his Nobel Peace Prize by doing 'something' - the Bin Laden killing would not really qualify - says a few hundred of the 100,000 dead through the use of sarin is good reason for the US to send in the heavy machines.
Thankfully, the other 99,600 dead in regular bombings don't really call for an intervention.
Fair enough.
Putin's argument is a little better - if Assad is winning, then there is a chance of hostilities to end soon enough, and this is then not a good time to interfere.
He also doubts the use of sarin or any chemical weapon for that matter, by Assad, and says that the rebels may have used them as a red herring.
Thereafter Putin is really horrified by television pictures of a rebel chewing on the entrails of a captured loyalist.
My argument is not about any of the above.
Not Omaba, not Putin, not the Middle-East nations, not Assad, and certainly not the rebels.
It's about a rich, highly paid institution that we all finance and cuddle - the United Nations.
What has been its role? Nobody listens to the UN any more - all calls for cessation of fire has been simply overlooked.
In itself, the UN has been a pretty okay to being obfuscated by the world.
Recently it has been in the news for paying salaries that far outstrip general salary structures in NYC.
Why are these people so highly paid? We ask.
This is the time for a rethink on the purpose of keeping this white elephant alive in our midst.
Some of its branches, such as WHO, or Uniceff are great workers.
Let them survive as independent international non-profit bodies.
Let us shut the UN down, it serves us no purpose.
The debate continues - should the US and its allies arm the rebels (the Hezboollah is a detracting force), or should Assad be allowed to dominate, so at least the bloodbath ends.
Whether it is Obama or Putin, there seems little to suggest that there has been any concerted thought about the human and humane angles of the conflict that is reaching a 100,000 casualty figure.
The arguments are pretty absurd, modestly put.
Obama, who has to now justify his Nobel Peace Prize by doing 'something' - the Bin Laden killing would not really qualify - says a few hundred of the 100,000 dead through the use of sarin is good reason for the US to send in the heavy machines.
Thankfully, the other 99,600 dead in regular bombings don't really call for an intervention.
Fair enough.
Putin's argument is a little better - if Assad is winning, then there is a chance of hostilities to end soon enough, and this is then not a good time to interfere.
He also doubts the use of sarin or any chemical weapon for that matter, by Assad, and says that the rebels may have used them as a red herring.
Thereafter Putin is really horrified by television pictures of a rebel chewing on the entrails of a captured loyalist.
My argument is not about any of the above.
Not Omaba, not Putin, not the Middle-East nations, not Assad, and certainly not the rebels.
It's about a rich, highly paid institution that we all finance and cuddle - the United Nations.
What has been its role? Nobody listens to the UN any more - all calls for cessation of fire has been simply overlooked.
In itself, the UN has been a pretty okay to being obfuscated by the world.
Recently it has been in the news for paying salaries that far outstrip general salary structures in NYC.
Why are these people so highly paid? We ask.
This is the time for a rethink on the purpose of keeping this white elephant alive in our midst.
Some of its branches, such as WHO, or Uniceff are great workers.
Let them survive as independent international non-profit bodies.
Let us shut the UN down, it serves us no purpose.
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