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no_hypocrisy

(54,946 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:06 PM 5 hrs ago

Where is the United Nations at this particular point in time regarding

Trump attacking Iran and not in defense of the United States? Humanitarian crisis. Etc.

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Where is the United Nations at this particular point in time regarding (Original Post) no_hypocrisy 5 hrs ago OP
Good question malaise 5 hrs ago #1
Yeah, that's a good question, and it's already a month late /nt bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #2
Kicked out of New York if they say anything? EnergizedLib 5 hrs ago #3
The UN doesn't have much hard power against the USA mr715 5 hrs ago #4
They're probably working on a PowerPoint deck gulliver 5 hrs ago #5
My guess is they are discussing a world where the U.S. is their ENEMY. NoMoreRepugs 4 hrs ago #6
Probably not eager to display their impotence and/or fecklessness. RockRaven 4 hrs ago #7
About where they always are where a permanent SC member breaks international law? muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #8
What do you think the UN will do ? It's just made up of the countries JI7 4 hrs ago #9
U.N. position shown below. usonian 3 hrs ago #10

gulliver

(13,997 posts)
5. They're probably working on a PowerPoint deck
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:15 PM
5 hrs ago

And trying to reach consensus on who's turn it is to deliver the strongly worded rebuke.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,236 posts)
8. About where they always are where a permanent SC member breaks international law?
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:44 PM
4 hrs ago

ie they could hold an SC vote, and the USA would veto it (like Russia vetoes votes against it) or they could hold a general assembly vote, which is purely symbolic.

Cuba would be a more realistic area for the UN to push for a solution to a humanitarian crisis. The problem in Iran is bombs, and the UN can't stop those. Members could try and take oil to Cuba for humanitarian purposes, and dare Trump to stop them (after he let his mate Putin take a ship in).

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