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The United Nations just voted 145-7 in favor of a resolution condemning illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine & Syria. (media.mas.to)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-votes-in-favour-of-un-resolution-against-israeli-settlements-in-palestine-2461835-2023-11-11

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

What's our problem, Canada?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

Don't want to piss off the downstairs neighbours.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The yapping dog of American Empire.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Even more than it used to be. Canadian foreign policy regarding Iraq, Vietnam, and Cuba took a very different position to the US and was on the whole quite good (for a western country). But that was all decades ago. Practically speaking, Canada no longer has its own independent foreign policy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I mean, we're still friends with Cuba, and never did get involved in Iraq which wasn't so long ago.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even Europe and Oceania is onboard with this one, though. Don't they usually abstain at least?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Conservatives push up more to the US than UK

It’s why we can’t get support behind CANZUK

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

We're just America's hat, what do you expect