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2012-08-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

U.N. General Assembly Votes 133 to 12 to Slam Security Council

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Posted by Fred 2012-08-04 11:01|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Have we reached the terminal League of Nations Ethiopian/Spanish Malaise yet? As the Instaprof says - Faster Please.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-08-04 12:08|| 2012-08-04 12:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Non binding

Posted by BernardZ 2012-08-04 12:10|| 2012-08-04 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Proxies for whom?

Russia & Iran vs. ???? (I'd have said us 30 years ago, but now?)

Posted by AlanC 2012-08-04 12:33|| 2012-08-04 12:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Who were the Twelve? China, Russia, Iran, Syria, and who are their lickboots?

Posted by gromky 2012-08-04 12:37|| 2012-08-04 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Who were the Twelve?
Russia and China along with Syria, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Belarus, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Myanmar, Zimbabwe and Venezuela.

Posted by tipper 2012-08-04 13:12|| 2012-08-04 13:12|| Front Page Top

#6 133 nations want to fight Pencil-Neck? I say just leave us out and let them go for it. I'd support the arms dealers who supply whichever side is losing at any given moment.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-08-04 13:47|| 2012-08-04 13:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow, it's like a who's who of the world's assholes.

Posted by gromky 2012-08-04 17:17|| 2012-08-04 17:17|| Front Page Top

#8 So this does...what?

That's what I thought.

Posted by tu3031 2012-08-04 18:29|| 2012-08-04 18:29|| Front Page Top

#9 It's a mash-up between "Let's you and him fight!" and a little red henish "Somebody should do something!".

Given that roughly half of the 193 member states of the UN are run by villains, thieves, or scoundrels, who cares what they think?

Posted by SteveS 2012-08-04 21:07|| 2012-08-04 21:07|| Front Page Top

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