Canada closes embassy in Iran, expels Iranian diplomats, page 4

Originally posted by fenceSitter
reply to post by palg1

I don't think everyone at the UN agrees and although the concept of the UN is ideal, I have less and less faith in them as time goes on. The western nations have more pull than any other represented country. If the UN is supposed to be a true representation of the member states, then all member states should be represented equally.

I couldn't agree more. I too believe that's where the U.N. is failing. There are very few countries in this world on common political ground and the sooner we deal with that reality the better off we'll all be. There are differences that will never be reconciled because of politics and religion and we need to accept that fact. How do we know which ones they are? Look at history. If 2 opposing ideologies have a long history of never getting along, they never will. That, and use common sense.

I can't blame Canada for doing what they did. Now, they need to take it a step further and stop pretending that Iran will play ball with the rest of the world, which they don't have a history of doing, and just leave them alone. Keep an eagle eye on them, by all means, but stay out of their business if they don't physically get in anyone else's. From what I can tell, they're not warmongers. They just talk a lot. If anyone here can show me proof that they have a long history of killing people in other countries, like America for example has done, by all means, set me straight. And I'm talking about the modern world here, not things that happened 400 years ago that have no relevance to the modern era. And if they kill their own people because of ideological differences within their own ranks? So what? What business is it of anyone else's what they do to each other when every time they open their mouths to talk to someone else, it's full of hate?

Iranians, if you don't like your government, rise up and overthrow it in much the same fashion that the Egyptians did not too long ago. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's more common people then people in charge AND their military combined. The rest of the world? Sit back and watch. Don't get involved. Pretend you're watching an action movie. You're good at that.

It's THEIR problem. Not anyone else's. Besides, if you really think that an uprising will result in the deaths of, say, 80% of the population, you're delusional. They may be in the middle east, but they're not Afghanistan. They are a civilized country and if the western world has a problem with that because their politics and/or religion doesn't coincide with their beliefs. Too bad. They need to get over themselves.

No country on this planet is perfect and if someone else's imperfections bother you, QUIT DEALING WITH THEM. It involves not doing anything. It can't be THAT hard can it?