noemon wrote:The US going full retard under Trump is not something to brag about as normal.
Straw man; nobody is bragging.
And that is mostly because of people like you mate not because of the UNHRC itself, when regular people fail to recognise the failings of the states they blindly support, that is a general issue not an issue with the UNHRC.
Fortunately I have certain principles and won't diverge from them. Israel's wrong is to continue building settlements, but accept that Israel can build settlements because Jews have a right to settle there but this is an arrogant policy.
I recognize Israel's failings - you fail to see that I don't, which is where your straw men come from. But we are talking about the uselessness and ineffectiveness of the UNHRC, this is a topic about THAT, and you are just proving my point.
I take it you are projecting again about your own Ivory tower talking about having US support and a "booming economy"(zero relevance).
It has plenty of relevance in this case, and let me explain why: I'm just saying how it is. In the real world, money talks, bullshit walks. As far as Israel is concerned, it's a functioning country whose people are content and happy, happier than most countries despite its situation, so it's doing something right. Most countries condemning Israel are failed countries with nothing to offer and I'm quite sure that they take out their own insecurities and incompetence on Israel. Of course this is just my opinion, but I wouldn't even be surprised if it was true. Having said that, human rights moralists like to think they have power to dictate how things should be done, but in effect it's just a money sink, and usually they are just corrupt themselves so their moralizing falls on deaf ears. Israel respects human rights to the extent where it needs to weigh the security of its own citizens with an enemy population.
The UNHRC has no power and any power it has is lost, because they don't It has very little effect on actual policy making. Seems like many are just cranky that nobody is listening to them - because nobody listens to a whiny teenager when what they got is what they deserved. Their moralizing falls on deaf ears, so if you feel that Israel is a country that should be forced to act in some way, why not build a coalition against it?