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Mr_Canada old @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:38 am
Israel?!
Yeah, WTF.
"Bigger Fish to Catch".
Mr_Canada old @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:40 am
GreatBriton GreatBriton:
Naturally. You Canadians and Americans are inward-looking and insular and ignorant of much of the rest of the world even though there are many countries that are more important and influential than Canada.
And the US and Canada being the only ones to vote against this probably just shows Canada was being America's poodle in this instance whilst at the same time America was being Israel's poodle as always.
Wow. You can totally go fuck yourself now. And the US and Canada being the only ones to vote against this probably just shows Canada was being America's poodle in this instance whilst at the same time America was being Israel's poodle as always.
Thanks.
Fucking Anti-Canadian.
RUEZ @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:52 am
GreatBriton GreatBriton:
Naturally. You Canadians and Americans are inward-looking and insular and ignorant of much of the rest of the world even though there are many countries that are more important and influential than Canada.
And the US and Canada being the only ones to vote against this probably just shows Canada was being America's poodle in this instance whilst at the same time America was being Israel's poodle as always.
Speaking of poodles. How many troops does the UK have in Iraq right now? You ever find those WMD's?
And the US and Canada being the only ones to vote against this probably just shows Canada was being America's poodle in this instance whilst at the same time America was being Israel's poodle as always.
ShepherdsDog @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:21 am
GreatBriton GreatBriton:
$1:
And half of those countries I know nothing about. .
Naturally. You Canadians and Americans are inward-looking and insular and ignorant of much of the rest of the world even though there are many countries that are more important and influential than Canada.
And the US and Canada being the only ones to vote against this probably just shows Canada was being America's poodle in this instance whilst at the same time America was being Israel's poodle as always.
Hey Oswald,
Have you gotten your black shirt and jack boots spiffy for your BUF meeting tomorrow?
Grate Brittin's club:
Tricks @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:02 am
GreatBriton GreatBriton:
$1:
And half of those countries I know nothing about. .
Naturally. You Canadians and Americans are inward-looking and insular and ignorant of much of the rest of the world even though there are many countries that are more important and influential than Canada.
And the US and Canada being the only ones to vote against this probably just shows Canada was being America's poodle in this instance whilst at the same time America was being Israel's poodle as always.
PluggyRug @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:45 am
GreatBriton GreatBriton:
$1:
And half of those countries I know nothing about. .
Naturally. You Canadians and Americans are inward-looking and insular and ignorant of much of the rest of the world even though there are many countries that are more important and influential than Canada.
And the US and Canada being the only ones to vote against this probably just shows Canada was being America's poodle in this instance whilst at the same time America was being Israel's poodle as always.
Stop barking.....you are a disgrace.
Numure @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:52 am
Tricks Tricks:
Ok, tell me, what do you know about Djibouti?
Its right beside Somalia, and was a UK protectorate for a long time (Might still be).
He is right on one point though, it's a disgrace that people don't know much about the world, except themselves.
Might I add, this bill is a disgrace to Women Rights, and I'm glad Canada voted against it.
BartSimpson @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:59 am
It's long overdue for the USA to get out of the UN.
It's also long overdue to kick those fools out of NYC and send them to some "progressive" place like Zimbabwe.
hurley_108 @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:06 am
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
It's long overdue for the USA to get out of the UN.
It's also long overdue to kick those fools out of NYC and send them to some "progressive" place like Zimbabwe.
It's also long overdue to kick those fools out of NYC and send them to some "progressive" place like Zimbabwe.
It's long overdue for the USA to stop thwarting the UN whenever it tries to do the right thing.
$1:
"The United States wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The Department of State desired that the United Nations prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook. This task was given to me, and I carried it forward with no inconsiderable success."
-Daniel Patrick Moynihan on East Timor
-Daniel Patrick Moynihan on East Timor
BartSimpson @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:14 am
hurley_108 hurley_108:
It's long overdue for the USA to stop thwarting the UN whenever it tries to do the right thing.
When would that be?
hurley_108 @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:32 am
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
hurley_108 hurley_108:
It's long overdue for the USA to stop thwarting the UN whenever it tries to do the right thing.
When would that be?
Numerous vetoes of resolutions condemning Apartheid, opposition to the international court, the aforementioned thwarting of any effort to do anything about the genocide in East Timor, vetoes of resolutions opposing nuclear testing (many in the 80s - come on, you think nobody knew you guys had the bomb?), making a mockery of UN inspections in Iraq despite the fact that such measured did disarm Iraq of WMDs, etc, etc, etc....
It's not hard to render an organization incompetent when you have the (veto) power to stop it every time it tries to do right and let it fall flat on its face whenever it does the wrong thing. No organization has a spotless record, but most are able to enjoy success from time to time. Your country has a long record of interfering in any potential UN success.
Wullu @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:51 am
And let's count the number of nations who have gone to the UN to ask for their blessing before starting a war somewhere....... that would be one.
Care to guess which country that might be hurley?
and oh, you cannot interfer with any organization incapable of actually doing anything.... other than condemn Israel on a weekly basis of course.
hurley_108 @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:04 am
Wullu Wullu:
And let's count the number of nations who have gone to the UN to ask for their blessing before starting a war somewhere.......
........and then went to war anyway despite not getting said precious approval.
Yea, that'd be the US again, making a mockery of the UN all the while.
They asked for permission because no matter which way the UN went, the US won. Either they get UN blessing for their war, or they dont but go to war anyway and get to prove the UN utterly ineffective once more.
The USA's attitude toward the UN is simple. The USA will go ahead and do whatever it likes regardless of the UN's position. If the UN happens to be in agreement, fine, it lends legitimacy to the USA's actions. If it happens to be in disagreement, then like hell is the USA going to bow to any external pressure, and they get to keep the UN impotent.
themasta @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:33 am
Wullu Wullu:
Well duh, it must be Israel! Congrats to the governments of PM Harper and President Bush for being the two lone votes against.
Link
For the motion :
Algeria, Armenia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Congo, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Suriname, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania.
Against the motion :
Canada, United States
Absent :
Cameroon, Lesotho, Zambia
$1:
Last Friday, March 9, 2007 the UN wrapped up its annual session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Guess where they found a violation of women's rights? Among the hundreds of thousands of women who are dead, dying, mutilated, displaced or raped in Sudan? Among the million female migrant workers cowering in the basements of Saudi Arabian villas from the taskmasters who stole their passports the minute they got off the plane? Among the women stoned and hanged for "adultery" in Iran? The millions of women forcibly aborted in China? The thousands murdered or forced to commit suicide for the crime of "dishonoring" their fathers and brothers across the Arab and Muslim world?
If you guessed "none of the above," then you'll enjoy coming on down to the UN. The UN's lead body charged with promoting and protecting women's rights identifies only one state as violating the rights of women in the world today – Israel.(Violating the rights of Palestinian women.) The vote was 40 for and 2 against (the United States and Canada).
Germany, on behalf of the European Union, gave a one minute "explanation" excusing its affirmative vote. It said: "we express our deep concerns for the impact on all women in the region including the Israeli women" – although Germany did not insist such language be inserted in the resolution itself. For 60 seconds, the representative of the country where millions of Jewish women and girls were murdered en masse not so long ago took notice of the Jewish mothers and daughters who have fallen victim to terrorism in the Jewish state. This is the moral corruption that the UN breeds within democracies like Germany. In the United Nations, an institution owned and directed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the European Union grovels while the real abusers cheer.
If you guessed "none of the above," then you'll enjoy coming on down to the UN. The UN's lead body charged with promoting and protecting women's rights identifies only one state as violating the rights of women in the world today – Israel.(Violating the rights of Palestinian women.) The vote was 40 for and 2 against (the United States and Canada).
Germany, on behalf of the European Union, gave a one minute "explanation" excusing its affirmative vote. It said: "we express our deep concerns for the impact on all women in the region including the Israeli women" – although Germany did not insist such language be inserted in the resolution itself. For 60 seconds, the representative of the country where millions of Jewish women and girls were murdered en masse not so long ago took notice of the Jewish mothers and daughters who have fallen victim to terrorism in the Jewish state. This is the moral corruption that the UN breeds within democracies like Germany. In the United Nations, an institution owned and directed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the European Union grovels while the real abusers cheer.
Link
For the motion :
Algeria, Armenia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Congo, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Suriname, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania.
Against the motion :
Canada, United States
Absent :
Cameroon, Lesotho, Zambia
Yet another glorious day for the U.N. Not too long ago "visible minorities" and "ethnocultural differences" were labeled racist and hateful. Now, out of all the countries in the world where women are little more than cattle (hell, less valuable than cattle), we have the U.N. coming down on Israel. It's like I'm living in Bizarro world taking handfuls of crazy pills!
PluggyRug @ Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:42 am
Wasn't it a committee like the UN that designed the camel?