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Monday, July 31, 2006
International Community Shommunity
Right Wing News asks a question we've harped on more than once:Similarly, why should we care about "pressure from the international community?" What exactly are the consequences of this "pressure" supposed to be for Israel and the United States? So far, there don't seem to be any. Will there be any in the future? Doubtful. In fact, if I recall correctly, the French position is that they'll send troops as soon as the fighting stops:Paris has insisted on a ceasefire accompanied by a political agreement before any international troops should be deployed. I believe this is Israel's position too, but the UNIFIL chumps seem to be taking their time getting out of there, in spite of recent incentivization to get moving.
In the end, the International Community is the great fraud of the age. When the Anglosphere acts, the world either trundles after and the International Community takes a stand or the world opposes and we get postmodern performative speech - fierce communiques full of sound and fury accomplishing absolutely nothing.
By the way, those interested in the goings-on of the United Nations are encouraged to read this page on a regular basis. We have it on good authority that absent U.S. military support, the writings of the TurkeyBlog and the debates at the UN are of equal real world consequence. Israel appears to have figured this out.
posted by gbarto at 11:57 AM
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