UN chief is Persona non grata?
#Politics
Been that way since the start. It's clever diplomacy. The UN and Israel have never been in agreement over Israel's obligations in Gaza and the West Bank - Israel disagrees with a Geneva Convention that would be used against it, so it didn't sign the Rome Statute, and N has especially hated the UN since the court accepted a Palestinian petition to review the '14 campaign for war crimes, so it's been very smart of N to whip up loathing of the UN to bolster his allies in this war.
(The political-science training in me recognizes game when they see it.)
It sucks how little people in general understand when they're being played by sabre-rattling diplomatic tricks like this.
But on the "plus" side, the UN is damned ineffective in a) world security, b) combatting climate change, and c) reducing corruption, so... 🤷🏻♂️ Not the biggest loss?
The real heartbreak here is people thinking anyone's in control here. Plenty want to be! But there's no magic off button.
Thanks for this primer, M. So much to know, and all of it's fucked.
😅 You know those comedy skits where a news anchor team cuts to a weather guy who's almost dying in a weather event, screaming at the top of his lungs, while his coworkers continue their banter?
That's totally what this feels like sometimes. 🙃
Anchor: And now to Sam the Weather Man! How's it going Sam?
Sam: *barely holding on to a tree, screaming* NOT GREAT, CAROL. SHIT'S ALL FUCKED UP.
Anchor: *laughing* Spicy language down in hurricane country! Next up...
*Sam blows away*
@MLClark poor Sam. Lol