US again vetoes UN action in Israel-Hamas war, blocks ceasefire call
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-casts-third-veto-un-action-since-start-israel-hamas-war-2024-02-20/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-casts-third-veto-un-action-since-start-israel-hamas-war-2024-02-20/
6 Comments
dlatch@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Supporting a genocide means you're responsible for it. The US should be ashamed.
girlfreddy@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 2y
Same thing happened in South Africa, Rwanda, Bosnia, etc.
Nobody with power will ever stop a genocide.
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opération_Turquoise And, sometimes, they just make it worse.
SoupBrick@yiffit.net · 10 pts · 2y
A good portion of US citizens are ashamed of their government's actions and speak out against them by protesting. The government knows no shame tho.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Our broken electoral system means that our only real resolution to pressure politicians is primarying - in a healthy multi-party system one or a few parties would likely defect to the public will. Since it's awful democrats or world ending republicans there's almost no justification for democrats to reform their position as a group - just for vulnerable ones to defect to defend from being primaried.
The key here is to remember these votes for the next primary.
vexikron@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 2y
Right as the White House is saying that the US does support a ceasefire 'when it is practical to do so.'