{"id":12777,"date":"2015-09-29T08:20:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12777"},"modified":"2015-09-29T08:20:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:20:56","slug":"the-un-pretending-to-oppose-war-for-70-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12777","title":{"rendered":"The UN: Pretending to Oppose War for 70 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UN: Pretending to Oppose War for 70 Years<\/a><\/h3>\n

The United Nation\u2019s 17 Sustainable Development Goals don\u2019t just ignore the fact that development isn\u2019t sustainable; they revel in it. One of the goals is spreading energy use. Another is economic growth. Another is preparation for climate chaos (not preventing it, but dealing with it). And how does the United Nations deal with problems? Generally through wars and sanctions.<\/p>\n

This institution was set up 70 years ago to keep nations, rather than a global body, in charge, and to keep the victors of World War II in a permanent position of dominating the rest of the globe. The UN legalized \u201cdefensive\u201d wars and any wars it \u201cauthorizes\u201d for whatever reason. It now says drones have made war \u201cthe norm,\u201d but addressing that problem is not among the 17 goals now being considered. Ending war is not among the goals. Disarmament isn\u2019t mentioned. The Arms Trade Treaty put through last year still lacks the United States, China, and Russia, but that\u2019s not among the 17 concerns of \u201csustainable development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia\u2019s \u201cresponsibility to protect\u201d Yemen by murdering its people with U.S. weapons isn\u2019t at issue. Saudi Arabia is busy crucifying children and heading up the UN\u2019s Human Rights Council. Meanwhile U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the Foreign Minister of Turkey have declared that they will start addressing the full \u201clifecycle\u201d of young people who become \u201cterrorists.\u201d Of course, they\u2019ll do so without mentioning the U.S.-led wars that have traumatized the region or the by now long established record of the global war on terrorism producing terrorism.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy to have signed this letter, which you, too, can sign below:<\/p>\n

To: U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.N. Charter was ratified on October 24, 1945. Its potential is still unfulfilled. It has been used to advance and misused to impede the cause of peace. We urge a rededication to its original goal of saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war.<\/p>\n

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