Great ideal, but unworkable

Reader comment on item: Israel's Predicament at 60: World's worst neighbourhood
in response to reader comment: The Despair of the Soul

Submitted by Devasahayam (United States), May 19, 2008 at 07:44

The ideal you describe is the one behind the establishment of the League of Nations (aka "Lame Numpties" for their effectiveness) in 1918 and its successor United Nations (described more aptly in some of my other posts as "Useless Numpties")--which have been colossal failures since inception.

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