Do Americans think of Earth as "Planet America"?
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2012/06/19 10:37:26
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Get informed!
These five are the USA, the UK, France, Russia (USSR before 1990), and China (Taiwan before 1971).
The USA used its veto over 70 times during the 20th century.
On the majority of occasions, the USA vetoed resolutions that were favoured by the majority of the world's nations.
Votes in the UN against the US are in all US media.
However what about those resolutions the US vetoed?
Here is a list, not even the complete one, on what the US voted AGAINST during the 20th century
Some are very stricking and can't be understood in combinaton with the idea the US has of itself!
For freedom, human rights, against discrimination etc.
What about these:
--Concerns changes to the United Nations accounting methods--
--Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation--
--Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities--
South-Africa (apartheid):
Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa
Offers assistance to all the oppressed ...
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These five are the USA, the UK, France, Russia (USSR before 1990), and China (Taiwan before 1971).
The USA used its veto over 70 times during the 20th century.
On the majority of occasions, the USA vetoed resolutions that were favoured by the majority of the world's nations.
Votes in the UN against the US are in all US media.
However what about those resolutions the US vetoed?
Here is a list, not even the complete one, on what the US voted AGAINST during the 20th century
Some are very stricking and can't be understood in combinaton with the idea the US has of itself!
For freedom, human rights, against discrimination etc.
What about these:
--Concerns changes to the United Nations accounting methods--
--Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation--
--Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities--
South-Africa (apartheid):
Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa
Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.
Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions.
Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles.
The ratification of the convention on suppression & punishment of apartheid.
To promote international action against apartheid.
Condemns apartheid in sports.
Calls for the cessation of further foreign investments and loans for South Africa.
Israel an Palestine:
To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
To send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories
Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States
Concerning Israeli human rights violations in occupied territories.
Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon;its actions against Lebanese civilians.
Calls on Israel to respect Muslim holy places.
Calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.
Calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians
Condemns the building of a wall by Israel on Palestinian land
States and its citizens:
Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of states.
Affirms the right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes.
Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.
Declaration on the right to development.
Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers.
Opposing the acquisition of territory by force.
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification.
Condemns Racial Descrimination.
Woman and children:
Calls for a convention against female discrimination
For a United Nations Conference on Women.
Concerning the rights of children.
Ecology:
Calls for the protection of the global climate.
Protects against products harmful to health and the environment.
Calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology.
Strengthening the United Nations to respond to natural and other disasters
Concerning the right to food
On nuclear issues:
Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
Calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament.
Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.
Prevention of an arms race in outer space.
Condemns Israel for failing to place its nuclear facilities under international safeguards.
They're just jealous because we have a pretty good standard of living!
Any time there is a natural disaster, or a crazed dictator running amok, WHO do they want? AMERICA! That's who! Any time they want an economic bailout/hand out, WHO do they look to? AMERICA! That 's who! Yet what do they do when murderers wallop wo airplanes into two buildings, slaughtering thousands of innocent civilians? Many of them cheered. Eff them with a capital F! And anyone else that wants to talk smack about US, should have the money pipeline from our economy to theirs shut down!
They should wake up!