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minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down17·8 months ago Biden will always do what they tell him to. Odd that according to you they didn’t tell him to veto the vote.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down11·edit-28 months ago The United States abstained, allowing it to pass. Oh wow, look at the absolute bare fucking minimum… Now Israel is surely in trouble after a non binding resolution…
minus-squareLinkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·8 months agoActually it is binding. America just said right afterwards that it was non binding. Which is a lie.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s as binding as international law… Something that Israel violates all the time. It’ll be “binding” when UN forces move in to stop the genocide, or Israel stops on their own. I don’t expect either to happen. And consider it was for “immediate” ceasefire, and there hasn’t been a ceasefire… Pretty obvious it’s not being enforced.
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down12·8 months agoSo did Israel tell him to abstain, or not?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down8·8 months agoI dunno, let me just go check the presidents cell phone and email, I’ll get right back to you… Because obviously you just made a reasonable request
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·8 months agoNo, you made an absolute assertion. I questioned it. You’re now saying “dunno”
Odd that according to you they didn’t tell him to veto the vote.
Oh wow, look at the absolute bare fucking minimum…
Now Israel is surely in trouble after a non binding resolution…
Actually it is binding.
America just said right afterwards that it was non binding.
Which is a lie.
It’s as binding as international law…
Something that Israel violates all the time. It’ll be “binding” when UN forces move in to stop the genocide, or Israel stops on their own.
I don’t expect either to happen. And consider it was for “immediate” ceasefire, and there hasn’t been a ceasefire…
Pretty obvious it’s not being enforced.
So did Israel tell him to abstain, or not?
I dunno, let me just go check the presidents cell phone and email, I’ll get right back to you…
Because obviously you just made a reasonable request
No, you made an absolute assertion. I questioned it. You’re now saying “dunno”