tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post115361996427715969..comments2023-09-09T17:41:33.146+03:00Comments on HISTOLOGION: taloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13680864841710474232noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post-1153741151732894992006-07-24T14:39:00.000+03:002006-07-24T14:39:00.000+03:00Well, the problem *is* the international community...Well, the problem *is* the international community and has been all along: by allowing Israel to acquire the role and force it has in the region, by not finalising the 1947 Partition Plan, which after the expiration of the British Mandate could have gone ahead, albeit with some changes, or perhaps concessions to the Palæstinians; by not establishing a considerable peacekeeping force in the region ensuring both the security of Israel as well as that of the Palæstinians. <BR/><BR/>I am not suprised to see most international bodies cowering, to protect their interests. The UN, esp. considering the operational framework of the Security Council, is not really an international organisation/body; it is a thinly veiled vehicle for moral and political support of U.S. policy. Although the latter has proven time and again that it doesn't really need (or necessarily want) its support.<BR/><BR/>Now, as far as the EU is concerned: let's stop fooling ourselves. The EU, as a bloc, is powerless, lacking both the economic and military power it would require to dictate terms to Israel. Zapatero's words don't matter. Along with Zapatero, many EU government officials from most countries in the Union have expressed their condemnation of the Israeli operations, but most 'demands' for cessation of those operations are completely void of any credibility. Zapatero's España, and the EU as a whole, cannot and will not ever interfere as long as the current global political and military environment perpetuates.<BR/><BR/>But the attrocities continue, and -- as usual -- it is, unfortunately, the States that will be called (forced?) to take some action to stop them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com