US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had helped prepare the resolution and apparently had intended on voting for it. Something went wrong, though, as she didn't end up casting that vote.
Yesterday the Jerusalem Post published an article entitled PM: Rice left embarrassed in UN vote. The following is taken from the article:
Rice did not end up voting for Resolution 1860, thanks to a phone conversation Olmert held with US President George Bush shortly before the vote, the prime minister told a meeting of local authority heads in Ashkelon as part of a visit to the South.What is it about Israel that it demands the American's blind support?
Upon receiving word that the US was planning to vote in favor of the resolution - viewed by Israel as impractical and failing to address its security concerns - Olmert demanded to get Bush on the phone, and refused to back down after being told that the president was delivering a lecture in Philadelphia. Bush interrupted his lecture to answer Olmert's call, the premier said.
America could not vote in favor of such a resolution, Olmert told Bush. Soon afterwards, Rice abstained when votes were counted at the UN.
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He probably threatened to nuke Gaza.
Well, I`m sure we can blame that irrationality on Hitler and Stalin.
"Well, I`m sure we can blame that irrationality on Hitler and Stalin."
Actually, I was thinking nationalism. Since the WW1 and WWII eras were dominated by "dying for the nation", and since the Jewish faith is based on a religious form of nationalism, then it follows that the negative nationalism of the period caused Israel and its murderous policies. Hitler and Stalin were merely culmination points, not the primary cause.
Yea, Keiser relates it to a child abused by his father that grows up to be a child abuser. . .
Maybe psychologically, but non-psychologically he was propelled to power by fascists who shared his ideals.
When Keiser says "child" he refers to the Israelis.
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