Posturing Filly so we get more of it from the US. Waste of monet by all really but great for arm sales and helps ensure at least the boats work. Fire a few missiles too etc. Manavour all you kit and troops. BRICS is an example of something that US likes to ignore. There is a lot of the world where they have little real influence. The S Hemisphere actions in court are another example of that, You might say fed up with rules for one lot and something different for them.
Does the US etc want Ukraine to defeat the Russians as quickly as possible?
It didn't take long for Oct7th to be "Hollywoodised".While New York was preoccupied with student protests over the US’s support of Israel’s war in Gaza last week, another aspect of how the city with the largest Jewish population outside Israel is coming to terms with bloodshed in the Middle East was being prepared. On Wall Street, a gruelling exhibition has opened detailing the horrific attack on the Nova music festival by Hamas terrorists on 7 October, in which 364 people were murdered, many wounded and 44 taken hostage.
It is a walk-through recreation of hours of unimaginable brutality by the attackers, containing the tents, bedding and possessions of those at the festival, alongside jubilant Hamas videos of the attacks, as well as survivor and rescue worker testimony in the aftermath. The items include handbags, burnt-out cars, missing sneakers, bullet-riddled bathroom stalls, the stage from which DJs played their sets, and some evidence of ritualised sexual violence. It concludes with a room of photographs of the young people who were killed, and the declaration: “We will dance again.”
The Guardian
I think the general theory is funding Ukraine is 5 times cheaper than allowing Russia to win.
Also no US body bags and a humbled Russia. Pretty clearly put now. Ending aid would waste what has been sent and continuing to provide it excellent value for the US. Cameron talking to them. The same factor has been mentioned at other times as well even very early on. Also Blinken on weapon supply - OK for the US to send most as it will provide American jobs. The current numbers are $40b for weapons. The remaining 20 or so for other forms of aid such as running the government. This time the senate has insisted on regular monthly corruption checks.
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International recognition of the State of Palestine - Wikipedia
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The State of Palestine has been accepted as an observer state of the United Nations General Assembly in November 2012.[1][2] As of April 2024, 140 of the 193 United Nations (UN) member states have recognized the State of Palestine.
The State of Palestine had been officially declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on 15 November 1988, claiming sovereignty over the internationally recognized Palestinian territories: the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. By the end of 1988, the Palestinian state was recognized by 78 countries.[3][4]
In an attempt to solve the decades-long Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Oslo Accords were signed between Israel and the PLO in 1993 and 1995, creating the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a self-governing interim administration in the Gaza Strip and around 40% of the West Bank.[5] After the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and Benjamin Netanyahu's ascension to power, negotiations between Israel and the PA stalled, which led the Palestinians to pursue international recognition of the State of Palestine without Israeli acquiescence.
In 2011, the State of Palestine was admitted into UNESCO; in 2012, after it was accepted as an observer state of the United Nations General Assembly with the votes of 138 member states of the United Nations, the PA began to officially use the name "State of Palestine" for all purposes.
Among the G20, nine countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Turkey) have recognized Palestine as a state,[note 1] while ten countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States) have not.[note 2] Although these countries generally support some form of a two-state solution to the conflict, they take the position that their recognition of a Palestinian state is conditioned to direct negotiations between Israel and the PA.
That as you really know isn't what they are saying. The countries that do the same are trying to enforce the view that a 2 state solution is needed to end the cycles of violance.
