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US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire (www.semafor.com)
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The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Friday calling for a ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza.

The U.S. and Israel have opposed calls for a ceasefire, saying it would strengthen Hamas.

The vote was delayed for several hours over worries the U.S. would veto it. Diplomats from several Arab nations met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to try to convince the U.S. to abstain from voting.

As a permanent member of the council, the U.S. has veto power, and had signaled it planned to block the resolution. The U.K. abstained from the vote, while the 13 other members of the council voted for it.

read more: https://www.semafor.com/article/12/08/2023/un-security-council-votes-on-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-amid-israel-hamas-conflict

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[–] 42 points 2 years ago* (18 children)

Both options would have been collosal twats about this. It's still valid to call the person currently being a twat about it a twat.

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  • [+] -13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Sure, but someone repeating Trump’s insults is also a twat.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Did Trump actually say? That's funny considering he'd do the same. I have been saying it since the first US veto back in October, I even thought I came up with it. It is true and has a nice ring to it.

    The real question is why is the US run by racist genocidal geriatrics from both parties? Fix your democracy before trying to export it to the Middle East.

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  • [+] -16 points 2 years ago (14 children)
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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    The Afghanistan pullout was planned during the Trump admin, mind you, Biden basically just didn't back out of it. Not saying it wasn't a good thing, but using it as a comparison against the administration that planned it is a bit disingenuous.

    And the comparison of drone strikes under Obama is as much a Trumpism as "Genocide Joe", so using it as a defense against using Trumpisms is also disingenuous.

    Not saying Biden isn't a far sight better than Trump or anything else coming from the conservative camps, but he's no less of a warhawk at this point.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I'm glad the US lost in Afghanistan and I'm hopeful it loses in Palestine/Middle East too.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Bet you love that the US wasted 2.4 trillion dollars and 20 years with nothing to show for it. If the US wanted to help Afghan women, why was it bombing them? There are other, more productive ways to help.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I agree that Biden isn't really much less of a warhawk, but the point I'm making is that there's probably been if anything slightly less genocide by the US under Biden than other presidents, which just makes the nickname more ridiculous.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not that he's much less of a warhawk, he's no less of a warhawk.

    Yes, the nickname is dumb, but that's mostly because it's a Trumpism, not that it doesn't have a tinge of accuracy to it.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

    I dunno, I still think there's a valid point to it. Previous presidents increased the amount of genocide, they continued and added to previous actions, Biden has done things to decrease it.

    Like, if you were to plot genocide on a logarithmic scale, the slope would be lesser under Biden.

    Like, if inflation has been really high, but then becomes a bit less high.

    It's objectively better. Still definitely not good, but not as bad as before, but also still not getting better quickly enough.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    It is not a Trumpism. I'm from Saudi Arabia, it is an apt description for the most genocidal maniac leader of the 21st century. Trump possibly being worse is just a condemnation of the USA.

    Also, past US president were war criminals who should have faced trial for their war crimes, but Joe is escalating it to an unprecedented genocide.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I’m from Saudi Arabia

    Yemen, RSF, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Darfur, etc.

    the most genocidal maniac leader of the 21st century.

    Netanyahu is less genocidal than Biden?

    Meanwhile:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effacer_le_tableau

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_genocide

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I am aligned with the Axis of Resistance. Saudi Arabia is only my country of citizenship. But don’t misunderstand this to be an invitation for a colour revolution in my country.

    Biden is supporting Netanyahu unconditionally. Biden could at least vote for a ceasefire instead of vetoing it. Instead he is sending Netanyahu more weapons to enable the genocide. This is Biden’s genocide as much as Netanyahu’s.

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