About that US veto at the UN, overturning the decision of the rest of the Security Council to condemn the “illegal” “settlements” Israel has been building to spruce up the West Bank Desert: passing that resolution risked encouraging people to come to the UN for solutions instead of working things out as equals, colonizer and colonized, together in earnest if non-existent peace talks. But more important is the moral issue: the resolution risked pissing off Israel.