The Brokenness of Liberal Democracy
War isn't the only solution, but we'll resort to violent resistance because we're out of options.
Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, invoked a clause on December 6th that hasn't been issued since 1989, subjecting the Security Council to an emergency meeting on December 8th to discuss the slaughter in Palestine’s imminent threat to international peace. Within 24 hours, the United Arab Emirates developed a humanitarian ceasefire resolution backed by at least 97 Member co-sponsors. The US, a permanent member with veto power, voted against the measure, continuing Palestine's murder and cruel inhumanity.
President Reagan, an inexperienced politician, demanded a ceasefire and withheld military aid when Israel invaded Lebanon, recklessly bombing homes to kill the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) fighters and leader, Yasser Arafat, in 1982. Reagan's persistent calls to express outrage over the "needless destruction and bloodshed" coerced the Israeli Prime Minister to retreat and rescind threats to demolish a Beirut hotel accommodating hundreds of Western journalists. The US' significant global influence deterred Israel's slaughtering of civilians, and the same could be done today.
“I told him I was calling P.M. Begin immediately. And I did — I was angry —…
