Mike Walker, Col. USMC (retired) shares his educated views on international politics that have far-reaching consequences...
All,
I will skip the arguments that the U.N. had the right idea in the first place when it urged a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. An inverse twist to the logic of Winston Churchill comes to mind: The United Nations always gets it wrong after trying everything that was right.
The problem with the Palestinian application for statehood is not its primary objective. Anyone with any sense must admit that the Palestinian people must have statehood. The problem lies in its position on Israel. Anyone with any sense must admit that Israel has a right to be a state. Therein lies the rub.
For the U.N. to admit a state that has an avowed mission to destroy another member state is to destroy the United Nations. It is intellectual, moral, and ethical fraud to ignore that reality. On 29 November 1947 the U.N. adopted a dual-state solution (U.N. Resolution 181 (II)). The reaction in the Arab region at that time, to include the Palestinian leadership, was to destroy by any means possible U.N. Resolution 181 (II). The sole objective was the destruction of any Jewish state. They failed, and rightly so. Thus, here we are, nearly 68 years later, and heirs to that destructive policy, the heirs to those who sought the destruction of the 1947 U.N. dual-state plan, now propose to maintain their hate-filled aims and be rewarded for it.
It would be better to rename the United Nations the Warring Nations. Let us embrace the concept that entrance into the U.N. can be predicated on the goal of the destruction of fellow member states. Let the weak states beware. Let us embark on the path to World War III and be done with it.
Semper Fi,
Mike
