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U.N. Security Council demands end to Israeli settlements, U.S. abstains
2016-12-24
[REUTERS] The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements, defying pressure from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
, Israel and some U.S. politicians who urged Washington to wield its veto.

An abstention by the United States paved the way for the 15-member council to approve the resolution, with 14 votes in favor, to a round of applause.

The B.O. regime's action broke with the long-standing American approach of shielding Israel, Washington's long-time ally that receives more than $3 billion in annual U.S. military aid, from such action. The United States, along with Russia, La Belle France, Britannia and China, has veto power on the council.

The resolution, put forward by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal
... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees...
 a day after Egypt withdrew it under pressure from the Israel and Trump, was the first adopted by the council on Israel and the Paleostinians in nearly eight years.

Posted by:Fred

#11  Add any nation who voted for it to the list of terrorist nations. Declare all treaties with them null and void, deny any and all travel to and from them, call in any loans they have and expel their embassies from the United States. Sink any vessel flying their flag, I'm sure we can use the target practice.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2016-12-24 16:49  

#10  Also to blame: Shanty-Irish Willem Dafoe lookalike Samantha Powers who has been ineffective when she's not being just Anti-American
Posted by: Frank G   2016-12-24 16:49  

#9  A dick move for sure Tennessee, but I suspect Senegal is the only one receiving funds.$140 million as of 2012, not enough to buy a U.S. Soccer team.
Posted by: Shipman    2016-12-24 16:36  

#8  An abstention by the United States paved the way for the 15-member council to approve the resolution, with 14 votes in favor, to a round of applause, and provided Baraq Obama one last chance to vote present.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-12-24 15:33  

#7  The resolution, put forward by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal

Cut their aid please.
Posted by: Tennessee   2016-12-24 12:29  

#6  Wretchard T. Cat on FB:
The most instructive thing about Obama's Security Council abstention is he didn't have the guts to do it earlier, when he stood to lose something by doing it. Only after he calculated there was nothing more to squeeze from that particular quarter did he run up the Jolly Roger. Had it cost him it would have meant something, even as a gesture.

But even more interesting was his willingness to damage the Democratic party who he's leaving with political bill, not to mention the fact that the policy his abstention represents makes little sense.

Israel is likely to emerge as a linchpin in the region, after Obama's power vacuum bomb reduces the nearby countries to waste. If Turkey and Iran fall apart, which is not inconceivable, then Obama will have antagonized the last man standing.

It was bad timing and pointless, like a punch thrown by a fighter lying on the canvas -- at the referee. That would leave his legacy a consistently dysfunctional whole: conceived in delusion, executed in incompetence.
Posted by: Frank G   2016-12-24 10:47  

#5   Why can't the UN be moved to Zimbabwe ? Would it be harder to order Eggs Benedict for breakfast there and a shortage of Champagne Lunches and Lobster for Dinner and the Red tape and the long halls lined with rubber stamps ?

Or perhaps the hotel accommodations don't measure up in ( what is the capitol of ZimBOB by the WAY? )
Posted by: Uleating Snore3326   2016-12-24 10:05  

#4  I guess the personnel at State think their resumes are good enough for the Foundation, Trust, and DNC jobs come this year. This is what they've worked towards for many generations. One last great act of defiance. Gut it. No apologies. See - Sun Tzu and the concubines.
Posted by: Procopius2k    2016-12-24 08:42  

#3  'I will have more flexibility after her election.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-12-24 07:59  

#2  Long past time for Israel to learn to ignore this collection of third savages and western degenerates.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-12-24 03:34  

#1  Way past time to close it down, move the entire sordid mess to Zimbabwe.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-12-24 00:33  

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