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[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 60 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I understand why the first proposal from Russia was rejected, but this one should have been pretty uncontroversial. This is really a WTF moment for US diplomacy.

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is really a WTF moment for US diplomacy.

Not really, considering the US's past actions and decisions, especially regarding Israel.

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not. If you’ve been paying attention, this aligns pretty well with their behavior in the past.

[–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Saying it's status quo doesn't contradict how WTF it is.

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Honestly it is completely normal for the US to veto these actions against Israel. Basically for anything to get through the security council it has to be targeting some one who is not friends of one of the 5 permanent members; The USA, The UK, France, China, and Russia. So that happens almost never. By the way the permanent members were all the counties that had atomic bombs at the time of formation. Not that is relevant to this discussion but a great little mind fuck factoid.