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In reply to the discussion: Lindsey Graham Pushes to Cut U.N. Funding After Vote on Israeli Settlements [View all]Did you not read the link?
Obama vetoed a similar resolution in 2011, as have Bush and Clinton.
From 2011:
The Obama administration wielded its first veto at the UN security council last night in a move to swipe down a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/19/us-veto-israel-settlement
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/19/us-veto-israel-settlement
Here's Clinton:
UNITED NATIONS, May 17 The Clinton Administration cast its first Security Council veto today, killing a resolution that called on Israel to reverse a decision to expropriate land in largely Palestinian areas of Jerusalem.
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/18/world/us-vetoes-a-condemnation-in-un-of-israeli-land-seizure.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/18/world/us-vetoes-a-condemnation-in-un-of-israeli-land-seizure.html
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Lindsey Graham Pushes to Cut U.N. Funding After Vote on Israeli Settlements [View all]
DonViejo
Dec 2016
OP
You will find that DUers are not big fans of homophobic statements, even against folks we dont like.
stevenleser
Dec 2016
#36
Yes, historically Republicans have been much more hostile to Israel than Democrats
oberliner
Dec 2016
#13
Absolutely correct. I remember Percy and pete mccloskey quite well. Of course Buchanan, Novak, and
still_one
Dec 2016
#27
Aaaaand he's back to being the asshole we've known and loved all these years . ..
hatrack
Dec 2016
#4
being a victim of suffering doesn't justify repaying it one hundredfold and stealing people's land
yurbud
Dec 2016
#10
Every new country since 1990 has been created via a multi-ethnic state dividing itself up
oberliner
Dec 2016
#18
It does not seem like linking Israelis and Palestinians together would work out all too well
oberliner
Dec 2016
#20
"Reckless" is a fat orange fuck trying to conduct foreign policy 140 characters at a time.
Blue Idaho
Dec 2016
#22
He's just telling his base "See, I can still be a deranged right wing nut, despite that anti-Drumpf
Mc Mike
Dec 2016
#23
of course the favour them, as settlements mean ethnic cleansing and/or killing of Palestinian Arabs
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#25
Reckless is starting a Fucking war that destabilized the entire Middle East. Didn't hear a peep abo
onecaliberal
Dec 2016
#26