UK, France, and Germany sure don't have a muslim problem do they???

Japan, I think they really want the US gone. South Korea is a bit of a head scratcher for me.

I wonder between defense spending, direct aid, and money our service people inject in to their economy what the total annual investment the US has in England each year?

Maybe a little isolationism is called for now.

The UK is the one that really surprised me.

I kind of expected France and Germany to go that way. Also surprised that Mexico abstained which while not for us, neither is it against us. Maybe they do realize who butters their bread.

I wonder how many F-22's we (the US) could buy with the money saved, by not giving to those nations?
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Okay, one F-22 costs us about $40 million, and we give $42 billion in foreign aid to all countries combined. If we took half, 21 billion, we could build 525 F-22 planes per year. Perhaps the countries voting against us would be a boon overall.

It is true that we should convince other nations to shoulder more of the cost of the UN. It serves some useful purposes. The U.N. is the accepted forum for the expression of international hatred. It is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war, as Churchill put it, letting off steam, as it were.

A very significant percentage of foreign aid is spent to buy stuff from the US. That’s pretty useful. The massive aid to Egypt, for example, buys us priority in the use of the Suez Canal, and air space.

Moreover, this resolution means nothing.

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Moreover, this resolution means nothing.

Like 99.9% of UN resolutions.

yes, it means nothing

however the UN needs us (the US) more than we need them so I still think we should tell them to fuck right off and give their 'diplomats' they have 24 hours to pay their parking tickets and get out otherwise they will be arrested and expelled.

seriously, enough with the games and shit

we do not need them for anything that is important to this country. Banded together they'd last a day by themselves so let them wither

foreign aid - end it to help pay for the $1 Trillion tax cut deficit.

a billion is better than nothing

let them fucking move to the Alps and choke on Ricolas!

There must be a lot of left wings in Israel too, I've been reading some of the websits/newspapers from Israel, and just astounded at how many slam Trump's stance.

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Honduras and Guatamala stood with us. Attaboy!

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Originally posted by 911Boss:
The UK is the one that really surprised me.

I kind of expected France and Germany to go that way. Also surprised that Mexico abstained which while not for us, neither is it against us. Maybe they do realize who butters their bread.

Not surprised by the UK -

They do not want to upset and agitate their local hadji population into committing acts of blowing themselves up in public places.
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Originally posted by 911Boss:
The UK is the one that really surprised me.

I kind of expected France and Germany to go that way. Also surprised that Mexico abstained which while not for us, neither is it against us. Maybe they do realize who butters their bread.

I forget which, but as a matter of standard policy some countries always abstain on anything regarding Israel vs Palestine as a gesture of remaining impartial.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
A very significant percentage of foreign aid is spent to buy stuff from the US. That’s pretty useful. The massive aid to Egypt, for example, buys us priority in the use of the Suez Canal, and air space.

Moreover, this resolution means nothing.

Pretty much. The whole affair, starting with Trump's recognition of Jerusalem, was for domestic consumption from the start, and so was the pushback. In practice (West) Jerusalem is Israel's capital, and recognizing it as such cannot fuck up the present situation on the ground much more anyway; if people had taken the time to read Trump's actual statement rather than the 140-character version, they would have found he said the move wasn't to preclude an eventual agreement between the Israeli and Palestinian side on the limits and division of sovereignty in the city, which is really close to the international majority stance that it's on both parties to agree on a solution. So it was a way for Trump to excite his base that should have cost him nothing.

The pro-Palestinian camp did just the same though. Obviously Egypt knew the original resolution wouldn't fly in the UN Security Council when they brought it - which resolution criticizing a veto power would? Turkey and Yemen knew UN General Assembly resolutions mean zip when they forwarded it there - it's a venue where you can air all sorts of nonsense and people will vote for it because there's no practical effect. Trump/Haley rather needlessly gave it more importance than it had through the threat of retribution, still for internal consumption; but the resolution sponsors were playing it the same way and could look to be standing up to the big bad American bully, safe in the knowledge that there would be no repercussions.

After all, will the US cut aid to Egypt, which gets as much as Israel for the purpose of keeping the peace between both? For how many countries is US aid more important than the influence in actually relevant issues bought with it for the US? Right. So in this round of the whole kabuki theater, the point goes to the resolution supporters because Trump looks impotent. Effect in the real world: approaching zero (I say approaching because if enough of such nonsense adds up, it will chip away at how serious an actor is taken).

As a conciliatory gesture, the US should send those who voted 'no' a delicious recycled fruitcake (reminiscent of the Paris Climate Accord) along with a charming and whimsical 'get well soon' card for Christmas. Or Three Kings' Day.

It's the thought that counts. Like trading Longoria to the Giants.

As a Canadian, I am embarassed about my country’s abstention. Apologies to my US friends.

Hey, the US has its share of hosers in power, too, eh?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...ble-records-n2426008

From 2012-2015, the UN has adopted 97 resolutions specifically criticizing an individual country.

Eighty-three of those have targeted Israel.

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U.S. needs to provide some "feedback" to the U.N.