The English Guy's Personal Blog » us http://www.richarddows.co.uk a witty tagline explaining that I write mostly anything I feel on here so you've been warned: caveat lector Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:55:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Self-Interest Politics http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2009/01/08/self-interest-politics/ http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2009/01/08/self-interest-politics/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:54:26 +0000 richard http://www.richarddows.co.uk/?p=786 Sometimes I wonder why we even have a .

They were formed after WW2 to look after all of us. Everyone on the planet. The big five, US, Russia, UK, France, China, all were supposed to act in our favour whether we came from Ghana, Uruguay, or the Dominican Republic.

But today the US abstained from the vote re: Gaza Truce. It doesn’t stop it of course, since they abstained rather than vetoed. But does anyone remember a time when the US acted in the Palestinian’s favour? Have they, ever?

I suppose it’s just coincidental that the US supplies weapons to Israel?

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