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Nothing basically.

Israel has shifted to a doctrine of decisive victory:

There have been questions over the practice known as “mowing the grass,” a strategy of attrition that involves repeated conflicts with enemy forces to restore temporary deterrence. In 2020, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, then Israel’s chief of staff, turned instead to a strategy he called “decisive victory.”

Last week, the current chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, told troops operating in the north that they should prepare for a ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, where they would “decisively destroy” the enemy there.

The US keeps talking about de-escalation, but what they mean by that is for Hezbollah to roll over and die or surrender. The (only) escalation that the US wants to prevent is from Iran and its allies.

The Secretary expressed full support for Israel's right to defend itself and its people against Iranian backed terrorist groups. Secretary Austin stressed that the United States is determined to prevent Iran and Iranian-backed partners and proxies from exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict.

Whenever the IDF kills someone in Hezbollah, the US says justice was served.

So the UN works as [intended]: it prevents the interests of the P5 from being affected by the rest. (Speaking of which: literally tearing up the UN charter has been popular over the ages.)

N.B., conversely

The US ambassador to the UN calls Iran's missile attack on Israel a "significant escalation" of tensions in the Middle East.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the council should take "immediate" action.

She calls for the UN to condemn Iran for the attack and impose "serious consequences".

We'll see what Russia says about this, in the meeting today.

Nothing basically.

Israel has shifted to a doctrine of decisive victory:

There have been questions over the practice known as “mowing the grass,” a strategy of attrition that involves repeated conflicts with enemy forces to restore temporary deterrence. In 2020, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, then Israel’s chief of staff, turned instead to a strategy he called “decisive victory.”

Last week, the current chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, told troops operating in the north that they should prepare for a ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, where they would “decisively destroy” the enemy there.

The US keeps talking about de-escalation, but what they mean by that is for Hezbollah to roll over and die or surrender. The (only) escalation that the US wants to prevent is from Iran and its allies.

The Secretary expressed full support for Israel's right to defend itself and its people against Iranian backed terrorist groups. Secretary Austin stressed that the United States is determined to prevent Iran and Iranian-backed partners and proxies from exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict.

Whenever the IDF kills someone in Hezbollah, the US says justice was served.

So the UN works as [intended]: it prevents the interests of the P5 from being affected by the rest. (Speaking of which: literally tearing up the UN charter has been popular over the ages.)

N.B., conversely

The US ambassador to the UN calls Iran's missile attack on Israel a "significant escalation" of tensions in the Middle East.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the council should take "immediate" action.

She calls for the UN to condemn Iran for the attack and impose "serious consequences".

I could not find a transcript of that yet, but Russia's UNSC rep essentially blamed Israel and the US for expanding the war to Lebanon, Yemen, etc. He condemned the killing of Nasrallah and said that Israel bears the "full responsibility" for the "resulting escalation". No more explicit mention of Iran's missile strike, as such. Immediately he mentions the number of times that US has used veto in re Middle East. Hint, hint. Then he says something from the Western/Ukraine talk register, that Israel (wrongly) imagined it could escape unscathed.

Nothing basically.

Israel has shifted to a doctrine of decisive victory:

There have been questions over the practice known as “mowing the grass,” a strategy of attrition that involves repeated conflicts with enemy forces to restore temporary deterrence. In 2020, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, then Israel’s chief of staff, turned instead to a strategy he called “decisive victory.”

Last week, the current chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, told troops operating in the north that they should prepare for a ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, where they would “decisively destroy” the enemy there.

The US keeps talking about de-escalation, but what they mean by that is for Hezbollah to roll over and die or surrender. The (only) escalation that the US wants to prevent is from Iran and its allies.

The Secretary expressed full support for Israel's right to defend itself and its people against Iranian backed terrorist groups. Secretary Austin stressed that the United States is determined to prevent Iran and Iranian-backed partners and proxies from exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict.

Whenever the IDF kills someone in Hezbollah, the US says justice was served.

So the UN works as [intended]: it prevents the interests of the P5 from being affected by the rest. (Speaking of which: literally tearing up the UN charter has been popular over the ages.)

Nothing basically.

Israel has shifted to a doctrine of decisive victory:

There have been questions over the practice known as “mowing the grass,” a strategy of attrition that involves repeated conflicts with enemy forces to restore temporary deterrence. In 2020, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, then Israel’s chief of staff, turned instead to a strategy he called “decisive victory.”

Last week, the current chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, told troops operating in the north that they should prepare for a ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, where they would “decisively destroy” the enemy there.

The US keeps talking about de-escalation, but what they mean by that is for Hezbollah to roll over and die or surrender. The (only) escalation that the US wants to prevent is from Iran and its allies.

The Secretary expressed full support for Israel's right to defend itself and its people against Iranian backed terrorist groups. Secretary Austin stressed that the United States is determined to prevent Iran and Iranian-backed partners and proxies from exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict.

Whenever the IDF kills someone in Hezbollah, the US says justice was served.

So the UN works as [intended]: it prevents the interests of the P5 from being affected by the rest. (Speaking of which: literally tearing up the UN charter has been popular over the ages.)

N.B., conversely

The US ambassador to the UN calls Iran's missile attack on Israel a "significant escalation" of tensions in the Middle East.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the council should take "immediate" action.

She calls for the UN to condemn Iran for the attack and impose "serious consequences".

We'll see what Russia says about this, in the meeting today.

Nothing basically.

Israel has shifted to a doctrine of decisive victory:

There have been questions over the practice known as “mowing the grass,” a strategy of attrition that involves repeated conflicts with enemy forces to restore temporary deterrence. In 2020, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, then Israel’s chief of staff, turned instead to a strategy he called “decisive victory.”

Last week, the current chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, told troops operating in the north that they should prepare for a ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, where they would “decisively destroy” the enemy there.

The US keeps talking about de-escalation, but what they mean by that is for Hezbollah to roll over and die or surrender. The (only) escalation that the US wants to prevent is from Iran and its allies.

The Secretary expressed full support for Israel's right to defend itself and its people against Iranian backed terrorist groups. Secretary Austin stressed that the United States is determined to prevent Iran and Iranian-backed partners and proxies from exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict.

Whenever the IDF kills someone in Hezbollah, the US says justice was served.

So the UN works as [intended]: it prevents the interests of the P5 from being affected by the rest.

Nothing basically.

Israel has shifted to a doctrine of decisive victory:

There have been questions over the practice known as “mowing the grass,” a strategy of attrition that involves repeated conflicts with enemy forces to restore temporary deterrence. In 2020, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, then Israel’s chief of staff, turned instead to a strategy he called “decisive victory.”

Last week, the current chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, told troops operating in the north that they should prepare for a ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, where they would “decisively destroy” the enemy there.

The US keeps talking about de-escalation, but what they mean by that is for Hezbollah to roll over and die or surrender. The (only) escalation that the US wants to prevent is from Iran and its allies.

The Secretary expressed full support for Israel's right to defend itself and its people against Iranian backed terrorist groups. Secretary Austin stressed that the United States is determined to prevent Iran and Iranian-backed partners and proxies from exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict.

Whenever the IDF kills someone in Hezbollah, the US says justice was served.

So the UN works as [intended]: it prevents the interests of the P5 from being affected by the rest. (Speaking of which: literally tearing up the UN charter has been popular over the ages.)