OldLady
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I think you should have a broader perspective. If those countries are not OUR friend/ally, they will be someone's. We rely on our friends and allies all the time; you are taking that for granted but you shouldn't. The vast majority of countries in the world have a reasonable argument for criticizing Trump's declaration about Jerusalem, same as Trump has an argument in favor of it.If the US stopped giving money to the UN and it's anti-American members, that shit hole would go belly up. The US has been bankrolling that monstrosity since it began. Time to invest that money in America.Nowhere in the link or anywhere else did I see or hear Nikki Haley say that the US would withhold money from those countries that do not vote against us in the UN. Nor did I see any silencing of other nations or any threats made.I wasn't aware of all that "vote with us or we won't give you anymore money" thing until last night. It mortified me that Trump and his ambassador took such a juvenile stance in front of the UN. Whether or not declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was a good/understandable thing to do or not is a whole other issue I'm not trying to debate.AMBASSADOR BADASS STRIKES AGAIN! She doesn't play their silly games.
Nikki Haley Silences Muslim Diplomat With Only 13 Words
The United States remains defiant this week in the face of mounting criticism from the United Nations regarding President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
As The Western Journal previously reported, the U.S. vetoed a measure that would have reversed Trump’s pronouncement. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley went on to criticize the member states who support that security council resolution and a similarly worded non-binding measure that was approved Thursday by the General Assembly.
One Reuters reporter tweeted Wednesday that a “senior diplomat from a Muslim country” shot back at Haley after reading a letter she reportedly sent explaining that Trump intended to keep a close eye on which nations voted against his Jerusalem decision.
Nikki Haley Sets the Record Straight After Senior Muslim Diplomat Called US a 'Blatant Bully'
You don't find it ironic that on the one hand she insists on nations being able to assert their sovereign rights to say what want while SILENCING other nations for doing just that by threatening them?
What IS mortifying me is the diplomacy-by-the-8th-grade-class that took place, including the thank you party for the countries who didn't vote against us.
I'm just mortified for us. Doesn't anyone know how to feel shame anymore?
Nowhere in the link or anywhere else did I see or hear Nikki Haley say that the US would withhold money from those countries that do not vote against us in the UN. Nor did I see any silencing of other nations or any threats made. Didn't seem to stop that senior muslim diplomat from speaking his mind. The anti-semitism that goes on in the UN ever since that nation was created is quite disturbing, and I see no reason why the US shouldn't speak out against it. I feel no shame for that.
We have an obligation to demand more for our investment. And if our investment fails, we have an obligation to spend our resources in more productive ways. Those are the thoughts that come to mind when we consider the resolution before us today. Instead, there is a larger point to make. The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation.
We will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world’s largest contribution to the United Nations. And we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us, as they so often do, to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit. America will put our embassy in Jerusalem. That is what the American people want us to do, and it is the right thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that. But this vote will make a difference on how Americans look at the UN and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the UN. And this vote will be remembered.
Nikki Haley's U.N. Speech Has Consequences
If we want to become an isolated country with no one to back us up when we're in a tight spot, okay. Do it your way.