The UN Vote on Palestine | National Catholic Reporter

The UN Vote on Palestine | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. The UN is an assembly of sovereigns rather than a sovereign assembly.  Until it has a "lower house" that is directly elected, it cannot be sovereign - and until only nations who have a decent respect for human rights are admitted, that cannot happen.  I would not include Israel in that group, considering how they treat the Palestinians.  I am not sure America qualifies either, given how far it has gone over the line in the war on terror.  Considering that most military treaties in the world make an American General Officer the Commander in Chief (who reports to the President), this is where the real power is in global affairs, which is why when we act unilaterally or assert our might, the rest of the world resents us - particularly when we are operating in the service of an ethnic, rather than a religious, state.  If we really want a decent respect from the world, we need to deal fairly on both sides - which is why the UN vote is significant - the world has spoken - even if it has no power against the American hegemony.