THIS is what's wrong with the United Nations

The U.N. Security Council drafted an Arab-backed resolution condemning Israel for defending itself by attacking Gaza, where one of its soldiers was recently captured and generally a known staging area for the many terrorist attacks it has endured. But where are the draft resolutions condemning attacks on Israel?

Thankfully, the U.S. has just vetoed that resolution. What a farce; the other Council members have to have known the U.S. would veto. So they have a perfect platform for now "condemning" the U.S. for its pro-Israel "bias." Whereas if all were right in the world and the United States was not a member of the U.N., such resolutions would be exposed for the racist shams that they are. Of course, such resolutions would have to be made in a hurry once the U.S. left, since the U.N. would collapse for lack of funding and credibility without the U.S. to give it a patina of respectability.

A couple of good collections of essays on the U.N. appears at Capitalism Magazine, here and here.