Before It Gets Forgotten

I wanted to comment on the failed resolution presented to the UN Security Council to try to undo the decision by President Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.  The measure failed with a vote of 14-1.  That's 14 in favor with a veto by the USA.  Some see the vote as an embarrassment for the USA.  It truly is not for a bunch of reasons.  First, the UN has no control over the actions of the USA in recognizing foreign nations.  It also has no control over where those nations put their capitals.  The resolution, had it passed, would have been no more than a toothless political stunt.  Second, the vote for the resolution by countries like Britain and France shows that those nations do not value the friendship of the USA as they should.  The resolution makes no difference to anyone; a vote by these countries to, in effect, condemn the US action will have an actual effect, and it won't be a good one for Anglo-American or Franco-American relations.  Third, there have already been something like five other countries that are moving towards recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital since President Trump took his action.  More and more countries are likely to join in that movement.  The resolution seems like a bunch of diplomats trying to keep a fiction in place rather than recognizing reality.  That's not something one would want from the UN.