• Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    This is a joke right? We didn’t give a damn what the UN thought for decades; NOW we’re like UN-sempai help me?

    Why shouldn’t Iran take the UN’s opinions as seriously as the US government does?

    Like just a reminder but the UN holds a vote constantly to end the embargo on Cuba, and ourselves and like one other country are the only ones saying no.

    This isn’t just stupid, it’s a mockery.

    • MarxMadness [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 days ago

      My theory is that as the Strait closure drive the world towards an energy crisis, the so-far uninvolved countries are going to be tempted to join the side of the Epstein Empire. This is an early attempt to give them a fig leaf.

      I think this is also part of why Iran is exhausting the diplomatic route, seemingly far beyond sense. They are trying to to avoid giving those uninvolved countries an excuse to join the war.

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      they like to use the UN to get other countries to pick up some of the tab.

      liberals like it too, iirc about a third of the public support for invading Iraq was contingent on some UN bullshit, but i don’t think this administration cares about that part of it and Bush probably didn’t need to either.