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US, Russia, Israel, North Korea - new axis of evil.
by kombine 2y ago
US, Russia, Israel, North Korea - new axis of evil.
- consumer451 2y agoIt has been reported that Israel was forced to vote this way by the USA. https://jewishinsider.com/2025/02/trump-administration-insisted-israel-vote-against-ukraine-at-u-n/ https://jewishinsider.com/2025/02/trump-administration-insis...
- kombine 2y agoThis is a petty excuse. We just witnessed how USA tried to force Zelensky (who is in a much worse position than Israel) to sign a deal, and he refused. Israel voting this way falls in line with who they are.
- consumer451 2y agoIsrael has voted the other way previously. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-11/1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembl...
- aunetx 2y agoSo did the US then huh?
- sgregnt 2y agoWho said this is smart?
- 7373737373 2y agoIf they could be forced, they are not sovereign.
- fulafel 2y agoThe article is describing just lobbying.
- soraminazuki 2y agoHow ironic considering that the modern day use of the term "axis of evil" was coined by George W. Bush of all people to justify the Iraq war. And I thought Republicans couldn't get any worse back then.
- steve_adams_86 2y agoYes, as a teen I thought it was so absurd that the world wasn't deeply disturbed by the rhetoric and actions of the neo cons back then. Today, I would gladly take those idiots back.
- soraminazuki 2y agoI think many were disturbed back then. Heck, Obama even campaigned on it. It's just that nothing was done to meaningfully rectify it. What concerns me even more today is that the narrative surrounding the Iraq war has shifted. Basic things like who started the war and for what purpose are lost in discussions. Even the liberal media sometimes seem to forget that it happened at all when talking about the military industrial complex. It's surreal, seeing all this 1984 BS playing out in the open.
- fulafel 2y agoThe speechwriter was apparently Michael Gerson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gerson#Lines_attributed_to_Gerson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gerson#Lines_attribute... https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/01/axis-of-evil-authorship-settled.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/01/axis-of-evil-aut...