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| U.S. withdraws UN Annapolis resolution after Israel objects |
| 2007-12-03 |
| I'm posting it today, despite posting it yesterday, because yesterday it was Debka---which brought on the usual asinine responses by the usual asses, today it's a major newspaper. In a sudden about face, the United States on Friday withdrew a United Nations resolution endorsing this week's agreement by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to reach a Mideast peace settlement by the end of 2008 after Israeli objected to it. Israel expressed opposition to the American initiative to pursue Security Council support for the proposed resolution because it does not consider most of the member states of the council to be friendly toward Israel. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 If this came from Secretary Rice, she is a fool twice over. Once to attempt to betray Israel to secure some sort of fog-wisp "legacy", and second to take a decision that belongs only to her boss, who tends to suffer fools but has a long memory for betrayal. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-03 22:00 |
| #5 This was not a blunder, but a deliberate slap in the face with an iron mail glove. The question is, by who: a bunch of State Department hacks and our ambassador to the U.N., Secretary Rice, or President Bush? Not Bush, and not UN ambassador---who wasn't in charge of the "conference". DoS regulars might hate Israel---but they are not that crude. Let me give you a hint. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-12-03 21:40 |
| #4 Not just one, Nimble Spemble. To show it round to all the Arab delegations, plus get it into the UN Security Council would take a team... with members high enough in the hierarchy to face down the Secretary of State and the President if it is without their agreement and approval. Were I in charge of anything, the people involved -- including those who knew but said nothing -- would have been stopped at the entrance when they came to work this morning, their personal items shipped to their homes by US mail, at the cheapest package rates (the government has limited funds these days for extras, what with Congress not passing budgets and all). |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-03 21:15 |
| #3 If it were Bush, I'd be surprised to have seen it withdrawn. My money is on one of the Anti-semites at DoS. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-12-03 20:20 |
| #2 According to the New York Sun, Debka was right about the resolution having been shared with all the Annapolis participants except Israel before it was submitted. That is to say, neither the Israeli participants at Annapolis, nor Israel's ambassador to the U.S., nor Israel's ambassador to the U.N. were aware of the resolution or its contents before the State Department put it in the pipeline. This was not a blunder, but a deliberate slap in the face with an iron mail glove. The question is, by who: a bunch of State Department hacks and our ambassador to the U.N., Secretary Rice, or President Bush? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-03 18:37 |
| #1 An unexcusable blunder. Snap outta it Bushy. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-12-03 17:54 |