Oy! Dubya! What about Muslim women's rights not to be beaten up by your buddies with baseball bats?<br><br>km<br><br>

Asking a bit much there. Can't even stop black/hispanic gangs from shooting each other in Los Angeles. You expect him to stop violence in other countries in the world?<br><br>I used to think it was terrible that life was unfair. Then I thought what if life were fair and all of the terrible things that happen came because we really deserved them? Now I take comfort in the general unfairness and hostility of the universe.

Yup, the illegal settlements are there because of complicity by the United States.<br><br>km<br><br>

I thought the illegal settlements were there because the UN could get their sh!t together.<br><br>I used to think it was terrible that life was unfair. Then I thought what if life were fair and all of the terrible things that happen came because we really deserved them? Now I take comfort in the general unfairness and hostility of the universe.

Ah no... UNSC Res 242 in 1967 emphasised the inadmissibility of the acquisition of land by war and required Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories. The reason it hasn't been enforced is because the US is arming those committing the trespass rather than those trying to defend against it.<br><br>Just as importantly however is the fact that Dubya and others of his administration have often opened their traps about the rights of Muslim women in relation to the burqa and such like in places like Afghanistan so I'm really looking forward to what they have to say about them being beaten up with baseball bats.<br><br>km<br><br>

You can't blame the UN for failing to do what it can't do because of the limitations placed on its actions by its charter, the purpose of which is to assert and maintain the sovereignty of the five big powers of WW II.<br><br>[color:red]&#63743;</font color=red> [color:orange]&#63743;</font color=orange> [color:yellow]&#63743;</font color=yellow> [color:green]&#63743;</font color=green> [color:blue]&#63743;</font color=blue> [color:purple]&#63743;</font color=purple>