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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS blocks United Nations call for independent probe into Gaza deaths
The United States blocked a United Nations (UN) Security Council statement drafted Monday that called for an independent investigation into the deaths of at least 58 Palestinians along the Israeli-Gaza border.
Monday's violence followed several weeks of mass protests in the Israeli-blockaded territory of Gaza, which is governed by militant Islamist group Hamas. The unrest coincided with the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, a Donald Trump administration directive widely condemned by the international community.
"The Security Council expresses its outrage and sorrow at the killing of Palestinian civilians exercising their right to peaceful protest," a draft of the statement read, which was seen and reported by AFP. "The Security Council calls for an independent and transparent investigation into these actions to ensure accountability."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/05/15/u-s-blocks-united-nations-call-for-independent-probe-into-gaza-deaths.html
"we have become a fascist monster in the eyes of
the whole worlda nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us. . . . No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or well kill you.
Well, shit on that dumbness. George W. Bush does not speak for me or my son or my mother or my friends or the people I respect in this world. We didnt vote for these cheap, greedy little killers who speak for America todayand we will not vote for them again in 2002. Or 2004. Or ever.
Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush?
They are the same ones who wanted to have Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among usthey are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis.
And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them".
Hunter S. Thompson,
BigmanPigman
(51,713 posts)orangecrush
(19,695 posts)watching the chaos these bastards are sowing.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)This is going to hurt big time.
orangecrush
(19,695 posts)is living in the white house.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)out of the White House.
malaise
(269,485 posts)Neither laws nor conventions apply.
orangecrush
(19,695 posts)of an installed autocrat.
malaise
(269,485 posts)and I hope I'm right
ck4829
(35,100 posts)Our country is already waging a war on it's own citizens through the "war on some drugs" and the "greatest healthcare system in the world".
Political, economic, social capital for some... and every man for himself for everyone else is not sustainable for a nation. Period.
tritsofme
(17,464 posts)orangecrush
(19,695 posts)I don't care who does it.
So, yes, in that sense it is a non partisan issue.
SCantiGOP
(13,880 posts)Killing unarmed protestors is murder, and we are accessories before and after the fact.
tritsofme
(17,464 posts)And using women and children as human shields for their own cover.
orangecrush
(19,695 posts)Who knew?
tritsofme
(17,464 posts)as far as they are concerned.
atreides1
(16,133 posts)Are not very discriminating in who they fire on. Hamas provides the targets and the Israelis shoot the targets provided!!!
world wide wally
(21,762 posts)We are becoming traitors to our own fathers
orangecrush
(19,695 posts)He does not speak for us.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)atreides1
(16,133 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Though his admin does take things to another level.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I feel so frustrated and so powerless! It just seems like they are going to do whatever they damn well please, no matter how evil or corrupt and there isn't a thing that anybody can do about it. There are days when I just can't take it anymore.
orangecrush
(19,695 posts)reading the news, and wondering how much more damage will be done before he is stopped.
GitRDun
(1,846 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)moondust
(20,042 posts)blocking independent investigation of chemical attacks in Syria.
Propaganda must not be challenged by facts.
trof
(54,256 posts)Nikki takes her marching orders directly from Donnie Two-Scoops.
"Jump, Nikki, jump!"
"How high, Donnie?"
sinkingfeeling
(51,512 posts)given up any defense of human rights and doing what every human knows is right. We threw our white hats down and stomped them into the dust. We have failed all the gods and all life on earth. We can be never claim a moral high ground again. We turn out backs on our brothers and sisters in Syria, Central America, Gaza, and the world over. We are part of an axis of evil.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)turn their backs on 'other' americans. What can be expected when it comes to doing the right thing in the rest of the world?
heaven05
(18,124 posts)RandiFan1290
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