US/Israeli Relations

US SURPRISED ISRAEL DIDN’T FOLLOW IN SUPPORTING UN VOTE ON UKRAINIAN TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY……

 

It’s called, keeping your options open in a post-Israel friendly U.S. presidential term.

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US ‘surprised’ Israel did not support UN vote on Ukraine’s territorial integrity

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS
LAST UPDATED: 04/15/2014 18:10

State Department spokesperson denies US is infuriated over Israel’s lack of position on Russia-Ukraine crisis; Ukrainian troops disembark from helicopters in eastern Ukraine in special operation against pro-Russia separatists.

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Armed men stand outside of Ukraine border post Photo: REUTERS

Amidst one of the deepest East-West crises since the Cold War over Russia and the Ukraine, the US expressed surprise that Israel did not support last month’s UN vote on Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

On Tuesday, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia is deeply involved  in eastern Ukraine where pro-Moscow separatists have seized control of a number of government buildings.

A day earlier, in Washington, US State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said the US was “surprised” that Israel did not support a UN vote in March following Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

Psaki was responding to a question regarding a recent report in the Israeli media that the US was infuriated with Israel because of its lack of a position on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. She said this was not how the US would characterize its reaction to Israel on this issue.

“We were surprised that Israel did not join the vast majority of countries that voted to support Ukraine’s territorial integrity in the United Nations,” Psaki said.

Psaki said the US did not view the issue as a “major concern,” and she said that she also understood that at the time of the UN General Assembly vote, Israel’s Foreign Ministry was on strike.

Israel did not show up for the vote on March 27 in which a majority of UN member states called on all states and international organizations not to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The vote passed in the 193 member UN General Assembly with 100 in favor, 11 against, and 58 abstentions. Israel did not show up for the vote.

Ukrainian troops disembark from helicopters in Kramatorsk

Ukrainian troops disembarked from at least two helicopters at an airfield on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said.

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3 Responses

  1. Surprise, surprise, surprise…Not!

    In Trevor Loudon’s book “The Enemies Within” with nearly 700 pages, you will find the following quote in the prologue, beginning @mid 3rd paragraph…

    “…The reality is that if America loses its comic dynamism, its ability to generate huge wealth, it will inevitably also lose its military superiority.

    If America loses its position as the world’s number one military super power, who will take its place?

    The Universe abhors a vacuum. If America is no longer the world’s leading military power, someone else will be.

    Realistically, that can only be Russia or China, or more likely, an alliance of Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Vietnam.

    Such an alliance is already partially built through the little publicized Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

    Founded in 2001, the SCO is an economic, political and military alliance binding Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.</Trevor Loudon's book "The Enemies Within" with nearly 700 pages, you will find the following quote in the prologue, beginning @mid 3rd paragraph…

    "…The reality is that if America loses its comic dynamism, its ability to generate huge wealth, it will inevitably also lose its military superiority.

    If America loses its position as the world's number one military super power, who will take its place?

    The Universe abhors a vacuum. If America is no longer the world's leading military power, someone else will be.

    Realistically, that can only be Russia or China, or more likely, an alliance of Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Vietnam. Such an alliance is already partially built through the little
    Trevor Loudon's book "The Enemies Within" with nearly 700 pages, you will find the following quote in the prologue, beginning @mid 3rd paragraph…

    "…The reality is that if America loses its comic dynamism, its ability to generate huge wealth, it will inevitably also lose its military superiority.

    If America loses its position as the world's number one military super power, who will take its place?

    The Universe abhors a vacuum. If America is no longer the world's leading military power, someone else will be.

    Realistically, that can only be Russia or China, or more likely, an alliance of Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Vietnam. Such an alliance is already partially built through the little publicized Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

    Founded in 2001, the SCO is an economic, political and military alliance binding Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

    SCO “Observer” states include Iran, India, Pakistan, Mongolia, and Afghanistan. “Dialogue Partners” include Sri Lanka and Belarus.

    Add to those neo-communist ruled countries such as South Africa and Brazil, the Latin American leftist ruled nations such as Equador and Argentina, most of the Islamic nations and international Islamic terrorism, and you have a huge potential power bloc. All allied against the United States.

    As the U.S. Dollar slowly sinks and America’s prestige and power goes with it, Russia, China, and Iran grow bolder. America’s allies such as Israel, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Australia, Britain, Germany, Poland, and Georgia, can all see the writing on the wall. The message is clear. Every man for himself, or make your peace with the “Evil Axis”.

    America’s allies are looking at the leadership coming out of Washington and they are horrified. If America got into a major war with Russia or China tomorrow, many of them would stay neutral. If Russia, China, Iran and all their allies all attacked a weakened and disarmed America in ten years time, it’s hard to imagine anyone coming to Uncle Sam’s aid. Some current “friends” may even join the anti-U.S. alliance. The Western alliance would struggle to win WWIII today. In another decade, there may be no Western alliance left to even fight.

    If America continues down the current path of impoverishment and disarmament, it is only a matter (of) time before combined forces of Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Vietnam, and their Islamic protégés come to dominate the planet.

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