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Divisions among world's powerful nations undermining U.N. efforts to end crises

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By EDITH M. LEDERER

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What actions could really make a difference? “It’s a million-dollar question,” Lacroix said.

What action? Simple stop lobbyist move in influencing other countries government to provide billions of weapon that target innocents and genocides.

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How about making arms shipments illegal?

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It's intentional. The major powers want division, a cold war, and then WWIII. Nothing builds borders, silences dissent at home and reinforces the tribal mentality quite like a really big war.

Humanity never learns from the past and most people are gullible enough to be led by their politicians.

So we cycle through periods of peace when we trade with each other, and periods of war when we kill each other. The post-WWII period of peace that saw the UN function as a peacekeeper saw the power of nation state regimes eroded by the consumer economy, multinational corporations, globalised supply chains, international agreements and the internet. All of these can be trashed and flushed by war. So that is what we will have next.

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sakurasukiToday 07:31 am JST

What actions could really make a difference? “It’s a million-dollar question,” Lacroix said.

What action? Simple stop lobbyist move in influencing other countries government to provide billions of weapon that target innocents and genocides.

So stop NK from arming Russia. Got it.

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kurisupisuToday 08:05 am JST

How about making arms shipments illegal?

There is nothing wrong with arming smaller countries like Ukraine to fend off their fascist neighbor.

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Ramsey's KitchenToday 10:25 am JST

What action? Simple stop lobbyist move in influencing other countries government to provide billions of weapon that target innocents and genocides...........There is nothing wrong with arming smaller countries like Ukraine to fend off their fascist neighbor.

How to tell everyone you are a military industrial complex cog without telling everyone.

US military spending: 3% of gdp

Russian military spending: 7% of gdp and climbing

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ChristopherToday 02:41 pm JST

One thing is for sure: the US is not going to be funding Russian colonial operations.

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I'm no supporter of Putin nor XiXiPee, but the UN's definition of "peace" is basically everyone letting Europe and US corporations do what they want.

If they ask you to give them nickel ore at low prices, you give them, or you get war.

If they ask you to manipulate your currency so your goods don't sell, you do it, or you get war.

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