tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post115608890246392198..comments2023-10-28T06:16:41.152-05:00Comments on Hip Suburban White Guy: XO Brings Peace To Middle EastXavier Onassishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345787343828318445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-1156616176702434342006-08-26T13:16:00.000-05:002006-08-26T13:16:00.000-05:00The guys are right, XO, UN is a worthless organiza...The guys are right, XO, UN is a worthless organization, worse yet corrupt. <BR/><BR/>By the way, I've been looking for info from your tag at Gone Mild, and can't find it. <BR/><BR/>You aren't planting tulips, so get busy..lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-1156174380242483282006-08-21T10:33:00.000-05:002006-08-21T10:33:00.000-05:00XO, I agree with smed. You're giving the UN waaayy...XO, <BR/>I agree with smed. You're giving the UN <I>waaayyy</I> too much credit here. The UN can't even come up with a strategy for dealing with Iran, let alone implementing one.FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-1156166943852145092006-08-21T08:29:00.000-05:002006-08-21T08:29:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, this has been tried to an extent. I...Unfortunately, this has been tried to an extent. In 2000 under the "Roadmap for Peace" Isreal pulled back and evicted it's own citizens from the contested territories. For the last 6 years, boths side did manage to behave somewhat. Despite some minor skirmishes, bothsides played nice. Once the Palestinians had a proper election, the 'bad guys' won the vote, and things sank from that point. The people in charge lost any real control they had, and thus the situation got worse. <BR/><BR/>You have some good ideas, but anyone who has kids will tell you this, the play nice tactic only works when you keep an eye on them. Once you leave the area, the tactics change, but the fight is still on. In your example, the UN would handle it. But it has been proven, in both the mideast and Europe (Bosnia for example), that the UN can barely handle what they have. And the US handles 80-85% of he load for the UN, so by using the UN, you involve the US. Making Europe stand up and take a greater share would have helped. I have to agree the US is a large part of the problem. But instead of letting the money we send get handled by the UN, we just stop the money flow. We beat the Soviets with money, we can do the same here.<BR/><BR/>98% of the time I agree with your rants, but occasionally I need to argue them. Keep up the good work!<BR/><BR/>Back to lurking...SmedRockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662853633308124571noreply@blogger.com