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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:25 PM Mar 2014

UN Vote on Crimea Proves Russia is Not Isolated - Envoy Churkin

21:48 27/03/2014

UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - The vote by the United Nations on a resolution declaring Crimea's referendum invalid clearly showed that Russia is not alone on the world arena, the country's UN envoy said Thursday.

The 193-nation UN General Assembly passed the non-binding resolution with 100 votes in favor, 11 against, and 58 abstentions.

Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe joined Russia in rejecting the document.

“The result is rather satisfying for us as we have won a moral and a political victory,” Vitaly Churkin said.

“It clearly shows that Russia is not isolated [by the international community],” the diplomat said.

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http://en.ria.ru/world/20140327/188817012/UN-Vote-on-Crimea-Proves-Russia-is-Not-Isolated---Envoy-Churkin.html

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UN Vote on Crimea Proves Russia is Not Isolated - Envoy Churkin (Original Post) Purveyor Mar 2014 OP

Ten to one but he's not isolated. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #1

It's no coalition of the willing.... /nt jakeXT Mar 2014 #6

Conspicuous by their absence from that list are, let's see, Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #13

To abstain is stronger than not to vote at all jakeXT Mar 2014 #16

So in the absolute best case, Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #17

What more proof do we need that Russia is run by the GOP? malthaussen Mar 2014 #2

I think this is a re-run. I'd swear I saw this episode before. Savannahmann Mar 2014 #3

Am I the only one who thought "he forgot Poland"? NuclearDem Mar 2014 #5

No, you're right, some of the world's most oppressive regimes have your back. nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #4

I thought this was going to be an onion article. stevenleser Mar 2014 #7

Thank god we have FOXNEWS, no? JackRiddler Mar 2014 #8

You do? How long have you owned it? stevenleser Mar 2014 #9

Not as long as you've been on it. JackRiddler Mar 2014 #10

Good to know. Dennis Kucinich's office is just down the hall on the right. Say hi. nt stevenleser Mar 2014 #11

Glad you enjoyed it. I frequently post from foreign sources with gov't ties Purveyor Mar 2014 #18

In other news, Churkin declared up is down, right is left joeybee12 Mar 2014 #12

So their Go It Alone strategy didn't work out to well did it? Rex Mar 2014 #14

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Benton D Struckcheon

(2,347 posts)

1. Ten to one but he's not isolated.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:30 PM

Mar 2014

Kinda sounds like this, which is an accurate description of The Wizard of Oz, except we only ever saw it through Dorothy's eyes:

Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/10/26/wizard-of-oz-movie-description/

There's what the spin is, then there's what actually happened.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

6. It's no coalition of the willing.... /nt

Reply to Benton D Struckcheon (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:41 PM

Mar 2014

Benton D Struckcheon

(2,347 posts)

13. Conspicuous by their absence from that list are, let's see,

Reply to jakeXT (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:53 PM

Mar 2014

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
All ruled by directly by Russia within living memory.
Then there's the old colonial holdings: Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovenia. Nothing.
Albania, Kosovo, Croatia: zip.
Don't see Serbia either, which has to be a mistake.
All of these have intimate knowledge of how Russia works. Yet they chose to either vote against or not vote. Can't imagine why.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

16. To abstain is stronger than not to vote at all

Reply to Benton D Struckcheon (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 06:10 PM

Mar 2014

The vote on the Ukraine-sponsored resolution in the 193-member world body was 100 countries in favor, 11 opposed and 58 abstentions. Twenty-four countries did not vote.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukraine-predicts-vote-unity-23076755?singlePage=true

Germany made the error of abstaining, I wonder how much pressure they got after that.

By abstaining in the Security Council on the resolution authorizing military action to protect Libyan civilians — and by refusing on Wednesday to participate in the enforcement of an arms embargo on Libya that the United Nations authorized — Germany pointedly refused to go along with the political aims and leadership of its two most important European allies, Britain and France, as well as the United States. The decision made the idea of a united European foreign policy seem further away than ever, even if France had broken solidarity first by suddenly recognizing the Libyan opposition as the legitimate government of the country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/world/europe/24germany.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Benton D Struckcheon

(2,347 posts)

17. So in the absolute best case,

Reply to jakeXT (Reply #16)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 06:16 PM

Mar 2014

counting abstentions and yeses together, we're talking 69 out of 193.
36%.
On the evidence, no one who rejoiced in actually being ruled by them at some point in the past took their side.
So if we can't use isolated, can we use pathetic?

malthaussen

(17,215 posts)

2. What more proof do we need that Russia is run by the GOP?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:35 PM

Mar 2014

They both win their victories the same way.

-- Mal

Savannahmann

(3,891 posts)

3. I think this is a re-run. I'd swear I saw this episode before.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:38 PM

Mar 2014

Isn't it called the Coalition of the Willing?

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

5. Am I the only one who thought "he forgot Poland"?

Reply to Savannahmann (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:41 PM

Mar 2014

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)

4. No, you're right, some of the world's most oppressive regimes have your back. nt

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:40 PM

Mar 2014

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

7. I thought this was going to be an onion article.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:44 PM

Mar 2014

Then again, it's Russian state media. Anything from Russian state media on this is like from Pravda during Soviet days.

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)

8. Thank god we have FOXNEWS, no?

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:47 PM

Mar 2014

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

9. You do? How long have you owned it?

Reply to JackRiddler (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:48 PM

Mar 2014

Thanks for having me on.

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)

10. Not as long as you've been on it.

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:48 PM

Mar 2014

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

11. Good to know. Dennis Kucinich's office is just down the hall on the right. Say hi. nt

Reply to JackRiddler (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:50 PM

Mar 2014

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)

18. Glad you enjoyed it. I frequently post from foreign sources with gov't ties

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 09:14 PM

Mar 2014

just as I post from stateside sources with their corporate ties and agenda's.

Some of us appreciates getting both sides of the propaganda...some don't.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

12. In other news, Churkin declared up is down, right is left

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:52 PM

Mar 2014

and high is low.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

14. So their Go It Alone strategy didn't work out to well did it?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:54 PM

Mar 2014

Gonna end up with a Coalition of about 12 Willing.

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