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| UNSC fails to condemn J'lem shooting |
| 2008-03-08 |
| The UN Security Council failed to reach an agreement overnight Thursday on issuing an official condemnation over the deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem's Mercaz Harav Yeshiva because of Libyan opposition. "Most members (of the council) wanted to condemn (the attack) but Libya blocked it," Israel's ambassador to the UN, Dan Gillerman, told reporters. US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said US efforts to issue a statement condemning the attack "in the strongest terms" failed because Libya sought to link it to its own resolution urging condemnation of Israel over the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip last week. Khalilzad criticized Libya, saying that a terror attack specifically targeting civilians could not be equated to military operations aimed at stopping rocket fire. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Poll: Unhappiness with U.S. world position WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- More Americans are unhappy with the U.S. position in the world than at any time since Sept. 11, 2001, a Gallup Poll released Wednesday indicated. The survey found that 68 percent of American who responded said they were dissatisfied with the position the United States holds in the world while 43 percent said they believe the United States is viewed favorably by other nations. Gallup said in a statement that the figures were split along partisan lines with 85 percent of Democrats unhappy with the U.S. position compared to 60 percent of Republicans who said they were satisfied. Dissatisfaction among Democrats grew sharply following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The exact meaning of the U.S. "position" in the world wasn't defined. The telephone poll was conducted in mid-February with 1,007 U.S. adults and had margin for error of 3 percentage points. Looks like the UN is looking for some bogus justification in the media to represent their corrupt and despicable constituents again, but most Americans really don't give a hoot what the world thinks!!!!Why don't they all move back to Europe and create the borderless multicultural Utopia they envision and regulate themselves to death? |
| Posted by: Thealing Borgia6122 2008-03-08 11:43 |
| #3 *cough* *cough* League of Nations *cough* |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-03-08 09:30 |
| #2 Good. This will make a very nice talking point when we have to endure idiots talk about the importance of working with the UN. That they could not condemn it in the strongest terms shows what a worthless body it has become. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-03-08 05:46 |
| #1 How can the UN be expected to agree on issuing an official condemnation when so many of the members are still caught up in celebration? The US should immediately withdraw its membership to this worthless tit assemblage and start charging rent per square footage for the hangers-on. The entire activity would probably be dismantled in 6 months. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-03-08 01:18 |