Against: one of the world’s worst terrorist countries
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Submitted 3 weeks ago by davriellelouna@lemm.ee to youshouldknow@lemmy.world
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kokesh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
madame_gaymes@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
The split up of votes is crazy accurate. 2 shithole countries doing vile things want to keep oppressing another, Ukraine is too busy with their own shit, and everyone else is just trying to keep the peace.
Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I think there may be more to Ukraine’s abstention than being “too busy with their own shit,” probably they don’t want to annoy the US govt and risk having military aid further reduced.
TxzK@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
And it’s sugar daddy
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
*Two of
slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Let me guess. Because the US said no nothing will change.
madame_gaymes@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Of course! Don’t you know the US applies electoral college to everything? Popular vote doesn’t matter.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
UN isn’t a world government.
Someone is gonna have to enforce it.
Who is willing to send a navy? Anyone? Yea that’s what really matters. UN votes are just performative.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Would it really take a navy?
If all these countries started sending cargo ships to Cuba loaded with supplies, what would the US actually do? Blow them up?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Didn’t Obama remove the sanctions and Trump put them back?
Doom@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
yes
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure why they bother with the vote. Everyone else trades and vacations in Cuba. U.S. doesn’t. Life goes on.
viking@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
The issue is that the USD is the main trade currency in the world, and all transactions in USD need to be cleared by banks in the US. Since Cuba is banned from trading in USD, they need to trade directly in their import/export partners home currency, which exposes them to additional currency fluctuations, and complicates the whole settlement process.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
One can only hope that will be the trend going forward.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Holy crap.
I see the headline and I’m thinking… well, all countries would vote for that, except for the US, Israel, because of course, and well, Ukraine probably wouldn’t want to vote because yes or no will anger allies.
And that seems to be exact the vote
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
The sanctions stay basically only because of Florida having been a battleground state and Cuban immigrants being a significant voting bloc
workerONE@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Last year I emailed my senator and he sent me a rather cunty response like usual.
CptHacke@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
And this will have the same effect that it has had for the last 30 years - that is to say, none at all.
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Votes are going to do nothing (as obvious for decades). Sanction US for its warcrimes and funding of genocide, if you really give a damn.
Quit virtue signalling against fascist states.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol
HowAbt2day@futurology.today 3 weeks ago
This is every year for at least the last 30.