xerxes xerxes:
I always try and defend the UN, but this time I won't even try. I mean, did not one person think that North Korea chairing this was a ridiculous decision? I understand the principle of engagement with shithole countries run by shitheads, but there's engagement for diplomacy's sake and then there's comical stupidity.
No, the UN deserves defending, even when it makes decisions such as this.
What all the naysayers here forget is that the General Assembly works based on DEMOCRACY. It's an awful idea I know, but the majority gets their way, not the minority. The naysayers here also forget that the when the UN 'worked' (in their opinion) the West had a majority in it and the UN followed its will, and no doubt the USSR and Warsaw Pact felt as ill-represented as the West does now.
Thankfully, most Western nations do NOT ascribe to such an antiquated, silly form of government...oh wait a minute!
I think this is a terribly bad decision, but that's what happens in democracies. Look at how many bad decisions the US government has made in the past 20 years.
The POV of which were truly bad decisions really comes down to your political opinion, nothing more.
As many Conservative supporters here said after the recent election - suck it up, you lost.
