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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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[–] 58 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I don't expect Joe Biden to act against his interests, but I also can't believe he thinks this is in his interest! Are there that many people in America who think this is the right thing to do? People danced when Henry Kissinger died, who fails to see the legacy of this?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Oh, I think he can bank on that. What I see is people looking to third parties. I just don't think anything good will come of that.

    Personally, I can't honestly threaten to vote against him, but I do understand other people feeling differently, and I definitely wish he'd make it less gross for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Sitting out in the next presidential election is a vote for "I'll be a dictator" Trump. That's just the way it is.

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

    Is it not true? Is this another shit sandwich vs giant douchebag argument?

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

    Don't be naive. What's happening now is the result of a pattern in human behavior which has played out countless times before. It may be cathartic to throw your arms up and say "nothing matters and everything is a lie, burn it all" but that's not productive and it will allow the greater of many evils to win.

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

    Middle America. Specifically people in purple states. Biden is coming into an election that’s sounding like it’s going to be won by 5 votes or lost by a million. He’s trying to win support in swing states. Unfortunately those swing state voters tend to be union guys, who are more conservative. They like a blue collar guy, but they want him to have hardline stances on things. We’re hearing conflicting things from this administration for a reason. A veto on the UN makes headlines and sounds like the US is being supportive, but we’re also hearing about back room conversations where the administration is voicing their disapproval of the bombing and threatening to withhold funding. I imagine if this was before the war in Ukraine we would see a different reaction by the Biden Administration. Plus Israel gives us a launch point into middle eastern operations.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That makes little sense. Why would blue collar workers support Israel’s genocidal bombardment campaign? It’s not in their interest. The UAW is even calling for a ceasefire.

    Also, the Biden administration can claim all day that they are in back room negotiations with Israel. However, those claims ring hollow when they’re simultaneously trying to pass bills in congress that unconditionally give Israel military aid. People see that and naturally lose faith in anything the administration says.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    That makes little sense. Why would blue collar workers support Israel’s genocidal bombardment campaign?

    Sadly because of the higher incidence of nationalism, racism, and Islamophobia among such folk which means they don't care enough or are outright in favor of turning brown people into skeletons

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Have you ever talked with some of them? My whole damn family is full of this exact type of person. Do you not remember how many of those people were willing to bomb multiple countries for 20+ years just to hunt down Osama Bin Laden?

    The Biden admin is joining Israeli aid with Ukrainian aid. They’re trying to get some on the right to pass aid for Israel so we can fund Ukraine.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Many blue collar, support who tells them what they want to hear. God (Jesus) is great, white people are best, and libs bad... Even though it's against their interests, that's conservative/Trump.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Not only that but Israel still provides a lot of spy tech. Local US law enforcement have been using Israeli tools to get into peoples' phone records, or even the phones themselves.

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