The United Nations was founded in large part as a response to the heinous death and destruction wrought by the Nazis. It’s done very little to stem the tide of genocide since its inception. Part of that has been the structue of the security council, but part of it is also the organization being nothing more than a social club for otherwise irrelevant global elites.
The Secretary General is no exception. As Islamic terrorists inspire lone wolf attacks in the United States and Europe and ISIS marches across the levant trying to wipe out every last Christian, he’s issuing statements like this:
“Islamophobic” feelings, policies, and hate speeches “fuel terrorism” across the globe, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Sunday during a visit to Saudi Arabia.
Guterres made the comments while speaking with reporters following a joint news conference with Saudi Arabian officials.
“One of the things that fuel[s] terrorism is the expression in some parts of the world of Islamophobic feelings and Islamophobic policies and Islamophobic hate speeches,” Guterres told reporters, according to The Times of Israel.
“This is sometimes the best support that [ISIS] can have to make its own propaganda,” Guterres added.
This is an unserious opinion. Islamic terrorists are motivated by their desire to impose their faith and barbaric culture on the rest of the world. That’s why they can’t tolerate Israel. That’s why they can’t tolerate the United States relationship with Saudi Arabia. There’s literally no amount of walking back or apologies that would make these people happy.
The United Nations exists as a means for the community of nations to come together and forestall war. If they’re not interested in doing that, then what, exactly, is their purpose?