International Law to Back Up the Will of the World
As school starts this week, we can see parallels with Middle Eastern countries.
One kindergartner (Iraq) bit another kindergartner (Kuwait--same mentality) and started a fight. The Saudis (fifth-graders) and Jordanians (fourth-graders) gather around, and Israel (second-graders) and Iran (first-graders) wait for the high school students (the United States) to do the fighting. The little ones have brains to match, so they asked bigger grades to settle things for them.
Then comes the principal (the United Nations), and talks are considered. The United Nations slaps those who started fighting and hits others on the wrist, but things go back to being the same, except people get caught in the way.
PAT HUNT-SHAW
Fountain Valley
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