US sinks UN resolution on Yassin

[kalian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3568349.stm

The US has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel's killing of the spiritual leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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Why am I not surprised this was going to happen...? :eyes: And then
when countries claim that the US is "Israel's tool"...gee...ya think?

[Djinn]

1. wait for the crap

about the reason US supports Israel is "because it's the only democracy" in the middle east blah blah blah...as if teh US gives a fanny about supporting democracies - they have the longest record of the 20th century of crushing democracies and supporting autocracy and dictatorships, but then again there's never any need to let the facts get in the way of a good argument

[keithyboy]

2. And we wonder why they hate us?

Why is that a question?

[Muddleoftheroad]

3. How dare we block that resolution

About that poor murdering bastard Yassin.

[kalian]

4. So, you don't refute....

the allegation that the US is Israel's tool in the UN?

[GabysPoppy]

5. Where did he say that?

:crazy:

[Name removed]

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[Muddleoftheroad]

8. The only tools in this story were Yassin and any who are upset

about his untimely death. (Untimely only because it came decades late.)

[kalian]

12. So, the US is an Israeli tool, eh?

Thanks.
Oh, and thanks for getting my previous post deleted.

[Muddleoftheroad]

14. Israel does not control the U.S.

It is a classic bogus comment.

As for the post, I don't have the power of the delete button.

[Name removed]

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[cantwealljustgetalong]

16. does that mean you think that...

the mods are merely pavlovian...

[kalian]

18. Sigh....

once again a post of mine gets deleted. Thx.

[sir_captain]

7. Why isn't there a UN resolution every time...

every time a terrorist blows up innocent women and children in Tel Aviv?

[Gimel]

10. That would be too balanced

The UN resolutions have to denounce Israel. That's a tradition.


Israel's ambassador to the UN:

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Dan Gillerman said "the Security Council ... would have committed an unforgivable act of hypocrisy had it come to the defense of a man whose life's work was the eradication of peace, a man who was nothing less than a mass murderer."

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/409146.html

[dArKeR]

9. US vetoes UN vote condemning Israel

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw108026370130B253&set_id=1

[kalian]

13. Its rather blatant now...

as it has been in the past... :eyes:

[TinaTyson]

11. From the Jerusalem Post

In a papers of the world mood tonite. Here is an article from the Jerusalem Post

US vetoes UN resolution condemning Yassin killing
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1080282550042

Calling the draft one-sided and "silent about the terrorist atrocities committed by Hamas," the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Thursday evening that condemned Israel for killing Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.

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The US draft provisions deleted all mention of extrajudicial killings, and it declared the council "deeply shocked" by both Yassin's killing and the Ashdod attack.

The unamended draft, which was supported by Algeria, Angola, Benin, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Pakistan, the Philippines and Spain, condemned "the most recent extrajudicial execution committed by Israel" against Yassin, and it called for a cessation of targeted assassinations. Also condemned were terrorist attacks "against all civilians" and "all acts of violence and destruction."

"This resolution should never have even be considered," said Israel's UN ambassador, Dan Gillerman, after the vote. Noting that the Security Council has remained silent as more than 1,000 Israelis were killed in Palestinian terrorist attacks since September 2000, Gillerman said, "A resolution mentioning Sheikh Yassin without mentioning Hamas is shameless and hypocritical."

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[Darranar]

17. What? Weren't they "troubled" about it? n/t