UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, as US shifts position by abstaining from vote

UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, as US shifts position by abstaining from vote

      • Maeve@kbin.social
        199·
        8 months ago

        USA because it took this many decades to merely abstain and and not veto.

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          111·
          8 months ago

          They’ve been vetoing, the proper action would have been to vote to pass.

        • FaceDeer@fedia.io
          57·
          8 months ago

          The best time to abstain would have been decades ago, but the second-best time is now. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good; this was a good choice.

          Edit: The downvotes are hard to interpret. Do people think the US abstaining (and thus allowing the resolution to pass) was not a good choice?

          • radicalautonomy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            94·
            8 months ago

            this was a good choice.

            Abstention is, by definition, the refusal to make a choice. And if you are not against oppression, then you favor the status quo.

            • FaceDeer@fedia.io
              54·
              8 months ago

              That’s not how it actually works, though. They knew that by not opposing it would result in the measure passing. Choosing to abstain is a choice.

                • FaceDeer@fedia.io
                  23·
                  8 months ago

                  I’m not saying there is. Obviously not.

                  To be absolutely clear for those who for some reason still aren’t understanding it at this point, choosing to abstain from voting on this resolution was the same as voting to support it. The US could have blocked this resolution and instead decided “no, we’ll let this one through.” Given that they could have blocked it but made a conscious decision not to block it, knowing that by not blocking it the resolution would pass, that was a decision in favor of this resolution.

                  What do people think I am saying, if not that?