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a nice FUCK YOU to those who voted their consciences
Nikki Haley Holds "Friendship Party" For Countries That Supported US In UN Israel Vote
Hours after Haley tweeted We appreciate these countries for not falling to the irresponsible ways of the UN," Voice of America's UN correspondent Margaret Besheer posted an electronic version of the invitation to twitter, which reads "Save the Date: The Honorable Nikki R. Haley, Permanent Representative United States Mission to the United Nations invites you to a reception to thank you for your friendship to the United States, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 6:00-8:00p.m. Formal Invitation to Follow."
US Ambassador Nikki Haley invites the 64 countries who voted no, abstained or didnt show up for UNGA Jerusalem resolution to friendship party.
Naturally our first thought is that it sounds like it's going to be a pretty sad and deeply awkward party. After all only 9 actually voted with the United States, and 35 were absentions, leaving all the rest as no-shows. So even the majority of the 64 "friends" on the invitation list were a bit too embarrassed to fully step up for their "friend" the first time around - why would they then attend what sounds like a literal pity party for the losing side?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-22/nikki-haley-holds-friendship-party-countries-supported-us-un-israel-vote
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)spanone
(135,855 posts)we are the scourge....
madaboutharry
(40,216 posts)How juvenile can these people get!
Javaman
(62,531 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What is this shit? Every day a new fresh hell.
PatSeg
(47,547 posts)is inexperienced, incompetent, and childish. More and more, I am really starting to appreciate all the career diplomats that have served our country for years, Democrat and republican.
"Mean Girls Go to Washington" (and boys of course).
LuckyCharms
(17,450 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,746 posts)Cha
(297,430 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,746 posts)Cha
(297,430 posts)France, United Kingdom, and Germany didn't get invited.. aww..
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/22/middleeast/jerusalem-vote-united-nations-list-intl/index.html
What exactly was the Resolution crafted for?
"Turkey and Yemen co-sponsored the draft resolution which called on all countries to refrain from establishing diplomatic missions in Jerusalem."
Thank you, greataunt!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,746 posts)Good to see you back, Cha!
Cha
(297,430 posts)Do you know why the Resolution was drafted in the first place? What Prompted it?
Thanks and good for our Ancestral Countries!
Good to be back after a 5 month news blackout.. but I did miss a few things.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,746 posts)Guess I'm much to amused by it to have asked questions. That vote says a lot. Of course, it would never have happened with President Obama.
I wouldn't be able to stay away for five months. There's too much happening.
Cha
(297,430 posts)to be the capital of Israel and the majority of the countries weren't buying it.
I don't know why Canada, Mexico, and Australia abstained?
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/politics/haley-un-jerusalem/index.html
Haley threatened the Assembly that the USA would withhold funds from the UN and move their Embassy to Jerusalem anyway. Said that's where the American People wanted it.
But trump's polls are in the toilet so I doubt that.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,746 posts)I heard on CNN earlier that Canada, Mexico and Australia abstained because they didn't want to offend us.
Cha
(297,430 posts)it was something like that.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,746 posts)Of course, you could always compare it to taking the 5th amendment.
Cha
(297,430 posts)that.. they still get invited to the spite party.
Have fun schmoozing with the inhumane, monster assholes, party attendees.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,746 posts)tanyev
(42,589 posts)dalton99a
(81,543 posts)maybe Trump's
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)That this will generate if she ever runs again for political office. It will be brutal. Her only response will be my boss ordered me.
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)"I was being a good Republican"
Mosby
(16,328 posts)That peddles Russian propaganda.
It has no place at DU.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Guess everyone but Togo, Guatemala, Honduras and a handful of atolls do not believe in the Judeo-Christian End Times or annexation of land by force.
Go figure.
Mosby
(16,328 posts)FYI - end times theology is a strictly Christian idea, Jews have nothing to do with it, in fact, Christians think we all will convert or die.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Am I wrong?:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_eschatology
"Jewish eschatology is the area of theology and philosophy concerned with events that will happen in the end of days and related concepts, according to the Hebrew Bible and Jewish thought. This includes the ingathering of the exiled diaspora, the coming of a Jewish Messiah, afterlife, and the revival of the dead Tzadikim. In Judaism, end times are usually called the "end of days", a phrase that appears several times in the Tanakh.
The standard Jewish belief was that after one dies, one's immortal soul joins God in the world to come while one's body decomposes. At the end of days, God will recompose one's body, place within it one's immortal soul, and that person will stand before God in judgement. The idea of a messianic age has a prominent place in Jewish thought, and is incorporated as part of the end of days. Jewish philosophers from medieval times to the present day have emphasized the soul's immortality and deemphasized the resurrection of the dead.[1]
Mosby
(16,328 posts)We think that a messiah or messianic age is coming, which will lead to peace on earth. Most non-orthodox believe that the messiah will not have supernatural powers, or doesn't exist, hence the "messianic age" concept.
Christians think the earth is going to be destroyed and all the "believers" are going to live with God in the garden of eden.
Only the Haredim think that the dead will rise from the grave.
Non-orthodox Jews feel so strongly about this that we changed an ancient prayer (the Kaddish) to remove the mention of the dead rising from the grave.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)I have no problem with. God-play as much as one likes, as long as the fantasies do no one harm.
Which they are.
Guess we can write off the Hindus, Buddhists and Confusionists, etc. (a few billion) and their own views of the future because what do they know? They are all going to hell for not being Judeo-Christian anyway.
karynnj
(59,504 posts)https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-invites-nations-who-abstained-or-rejected-un-vote-to-reception/
Or
https://nypost.com/2017/12/22/haley-invites-nations-siding-with-us-on-israel-capital-to-party/
All lean too right wing for me - and Fox News has it too! In fact, Fox News was given a copy of the emailed invitation. So, it seems to be mostly on the right wing sites INCLUDING SOME RW Jewish sites.
Incidentially looking at references to "Nikki Hayley" on twitter, she is now a heroine of the very far right!
Mosby
(16,328 posts)"Tyler Durdan" is probably a Russian hedge fund guy.
They are no different than RT and sputnik news.
Jewish press is very right wing, it's not a site I read or post.
ToI is a really good source for Israeli/ME news.
NY post is a rag.
karynnj
(59,504 posts)I agree that Zerohedge is a bad source.
demmiblue
(36,873 posts)malaise
(269,103 posts)We are sovereign states not US colonies. We have our interests which are often not the same as US interests.
When Putin condemns you you're up shit creek.
Initech
(100,090 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I remember those from Junior High. Playing Beatles & Stones records, doing our hair, giggling through the night. Good times, good times. Never pictured one with the U.N. though.
Takket
(21,600 posts)Did she hand out party hats? Was there cake and ice cream? WTF is going on???? Bizarro world!!!
spanone
(135,855 posts)if you're not invited.....you're not our friend...
Wounded Bear
(58,676 posts)You are who you hang out with, right?
dchill
(38,512 posts)IronLionZion
(45,474 posts)and these assholes want to undermine it to "make America great again" like back when we had world wars.
joshdawg
(2,651 posts)Only that snot-nosed brat would come up with something like that.
And Haley, being the slobbering lap dog that she is, went along with it.
My aching back! What a poor excuse of an "administration" this is.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)ret5hd
(20,502 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)and mark their accounts paid. Merry Xmas from the clown prince.
C_U_L8R
(45,012 posts)Besides Israel and the USA.... whattaya got?
Nauru?? Palau?? Togo??
What a joke.
potone
(1,701 posts)embarrasses the entire country. How anyone who is not a billionaire can support these incompetent fools is beyond me. I had my differences with Obama, but he was a grownup and always acted like one.
Hi fellow Bernie supporter!
Yes right now a continuation of the Obama years would feel like heaven. The next Democrat that becomes President will have to spend a lot of his/her first term just repairing all the damage both domestically and internationally.
potone
(1,701 posts)livetohike
(22,154 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)Maybe they'll all do each other's hair and have a big mani-pedi fest while they diss their enemies and mock the studious nerds on the Student Council.
Irish_Dem
(47,184 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)The rethugs loved her speech. That was her audience and not the actual issue of a peaceful settlement of Jerusalem.,
To me, it was like Nitkita Khrushchevs pound a shoe diatribe. And just as futile and childish.
Of course, like everything the right says these days, critical reasoning and strategic diplomacy is to be mocked. The stupidity of these people makes my head hurt.
Initech
(100,090 posts)Time to let the adults back in charge!
Sanity Claws
(21,850 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)A party with eight guests just sounds depressing.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)For her bullying speech and threats, even saying, "The resolution wasn't even binding!" They also commented that you can't do this and be the leader of the free world.
janterry
(4,429 posts)votes of support.
They weren't. They were angry with us, but felt bullied. Nice try, Nikki