Great news. The U.N. has voted on the terms of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Israel. It's a blow out. 164 nations in favor of the peaceful settlement. Only 7 opposed. Here's the roll call.
But then they do that every year, and among the 7 is a key nation. The United States. Here's a sampling of the roll call on the same resolution from years past. What we need to do is make Americans aware that there is an international consensus on a peaceful resolution. The whole Arab world supports it. If the U.S. supported it it would happen. It's up to the American public to get this done.
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This could be awesome. Road trip??
Just kidding.
Or am I...
I assume this was meant for the other thread, but you better believe I was looking at the where and when. If it were 500 miles I'd seriously do it.
Who doesn't know this? What corner of the world do you live in?
Where do you see this being discussed, HP, besides here and some of the more "extremist" types? Is this discussed in mainstream sources?
Could be though I don't see it. Regardless of that I'm in contact with many people that are interested in these issues and many never heard this. It's worth broadcasting in my view.
I've seen it on Fox News. There are many things that make the United States exceptional...especially vs them secular Europeans. This is just one of them. :-)
I cannot believe foxnews would point out that the whole world voted in favor of a peaceful settlement, including the Arab world, but the U.S. and Israel oppose. Your claim that you saw it on foxnews is unverifiable. But even if that's true you're saying it's like I'm living under a rock to not know this. Show me some mainstream news sources discussing it on line so I can verify. If it was mentioned once by fox and that's all then there's no reason to accuse me of an unusual ignorance. It still is not discussed much.
This is not common knowledge HP. I know about it only because I read Norman Finkelstein, a man that has never been interviewed by U.S. press but interviews widely outside the country. You're totally wrong to think this is common knowledge.
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I knew it before Fox News, but I did see it on Brit Humes report. Of course he listed other ridiculous things that the UN voted in favor of and USA was near alone in opposing...but he still mentioned it.
Number 1, I honestly do not think Brit Hume would mention this. Do you have any evidence? I think you must be confusing it with something else. Rejection of the Goldstone Report maybe? That was in the news. Find me one online mainstream American source that mentions what I'm discussing. It is not discussed. You are totally wrong to suggest I'm off base when I say this is not common knowledge. Why haven't you produced a single link from a mainstream source online?
Number 2, how is it that the world is ridiculous in voting for peace and only the tiny minority is sane in rejecting peace? See, you think of me as extreme, but I'm only extreme within the context of your very narrow Pravda like sources. Within the context of the world you are the extremist.
Maybe you are right - I tried googling it and couldn't find anything.
Either way, most people I know who have more than a rudimentary knowledge of foreign policy know this. The only people that dont know are the same people that don't know much at all about foreign policy. The people who couldnt locate Iraq on a map, for example.
Its really not that revolutionary, atleast I dont think so.
Yeah, I just totally disagree. How many times have you heard the claim that there would be peace if only the Palestinians would accept Israel's right to exist? I just saw Sullivan publish a letter from the reader to that effect. True, Hamas itself has kind of waffled on this. That's probably because prior governments (like the PLO) were prepared to accept peace and they were destroyed militarily for it. Even still they sometimes indicate a willingness to accept the 1967 borders (see here, here, and here for a couple of examples.) But the point is the attitude seems to be that Israel would accept peace if only others would go along instead of demanding that they be driven into the sea. The reality is Israel and the U.S. stand pretty much alone in rejecting peace. People don't know this. Talk to your informed friends and see.
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