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sundubuman
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: seoul
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 Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:57 am Post subject: |
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the sponsoring nations of the resolution
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Cuba, Dahomey, Egypt, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Republic, Mauritania, Morocco, North Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Yemen, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirate
Not a single one a functioning democracy at the time. (notice how 18 are Arab countries? They sure like democracy when it comes to voting against Israel at the UN)
Voting yes
Albania, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, People's Republic of China, Congo, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Notice that apart from a few (India and Mexico), not the freest bunch of nations in the mid70's. 13 of those in favor were communist. So basically this vote was a bunch of unfree Arab dictatorships teaming up with the communist world......to excoriate a tiny free, MULTIRACIAL democratic Jewish country.
Voting against
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Central African Republic, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Swaziland, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay.
Let's see....if these two blocs were two clubs.....which one would you rather join????? |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
how were you able to do that? used to be in the military? part of the UN? |
It's easy if you follow a few key rules:
-Don't let Israeli Immigration stamp your passport; Have a separate sheet stamped and stapled into it which you can pull out later (I forgot to do this and it came back to bite me in the ass later).
-Before entering Syria remove ANYTHING with Hebrew on it, including reciepts and clothing tags. And never call it ISRAEL in Syria: the proper name is 'Occupied Palestine (this also came back to bite me in the ass).
-If you have a camera, keep it tucked away and don't go waving it around (yes, this also yadda yadda yadda...)
-make sure you have the proper paperwork and that the vehicle you are in is white and has painted on the side in big black letters a "U" and an "N".
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, interesting stuff there. |
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sundubuman
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Israel seems to me to now have carte blanche to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
When a leader of a country knowingly trying to develop nuclear weapons calls for your country's destruction........
sheesh, even Kim Jong-Il leaves it up to his propagandists to fulminate against America directly.
Persian democracy....... |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| If it were as easy as it was with Iraq, they probably would have. Iran's aren't as exposed, centralized, nor as isolated as they were in Iraq. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| sundubuman wrote: |
Israel seems to me to now have carte blanche to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
When a leader of a country knowingly trying to develop nuclear weapons calls for your country's destruction........
sheesh, even Kim Jong-Il leaves it up to his propagandists to fulminate against America directly.
Persian democracy....... |
you make it sound like this is ground-breaking and a new turn of events. This is pretty standard by Iranian standards; Khatami was the exception to the rule, not the other way around. |
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sundubuman
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| sundubuman wrote: |
Israel seems to me to now have carte blanche to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
When a leader of a country knowingly trying to develop nuclear weapons calls for your country's destruction........
sheesh, even Kim Jong-Il leaves it up to his propagandists to fulminate against America directly.
Persian democracy....... |
you make it sound like this is ground-breaking and a new turn of events. This is pretty standard by Iranian standards; Khatami was the exception to the rule, not the other way around. |
How did I "make it sound ground-breaking"?
I've always felt the regime in Tehran (nursed by Jimmy Carter) needed to be yanked from the (french-supplied) nipple of leftist/western guilt.
When Reagan was elected, the 'leaders' in Tehran wisely released their hostages. Sadly, in the 80's we had bigger fish to fry (global communism) than either Saddam or Khomeini.
Saddam has been dealt with.........on to Khomeinis heirs......
care to join us????
Long live the Revolution..........of 1776! |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Bush Warms to Putin Plan on Iran
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
BUSAN, South Korea - President Bush told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the United States supports a proposal from Moscow that could deny Iran the ability to produce nuclear weapons.
"It may provide a way out," National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said of the Russian plan, discussed during an hourlong meeting between the U.S. and Russian presidents that ranged across a variety of difficult topics.
Putin is often criticized in the West for rolling back democratic progress by imposing state control of national broadcasters, scrapping elections for regional governors, and dismantling the Yukos oil company giant after its former CEO opposed the Russian leader.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051118/ap_on_re_as/bush_asia;_ylt=Ajil.HdiqJ3BIEcOdC7zbUMDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl |
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