US vetoes resolution calling for Israeli halt to Gaza operations

[UpInArms]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=569258

The United States vetoed an Arab-backed UN Security Council resolution calling for a halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza.

Last night's vote in the 15-member Security Council was 11 in favour, one against, and three abstentions by Britain, Germany and Romania.

The US called the resolution "lopsided and unbalanced" but its veto was followed by a chorus of denunciations.

Israel launched the operation six days ago after a Palestinian rocket killed two children in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. The drive into Gaza has left at least 75 Palestinians dead.

The US Ambassador John Danforth cast the veto after British and German efforts to find compromise language failed. He said of the resolution: "It is dangerously disingenuous because of its many material omissions. Because of this lack of balance, because of these omissions, the resolution lacks credibility and deserves a 'no' vote."

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. How many does this make? The US has vetoed all UN

Security Council resolutions against Israel.

[LynnTheDem]

4. Yep and then turns around, the US,

and calls the UN "useless".

[Forkboy]

2. Just call the US "daddy"

[kysrsoze]

3. Or vice versa?

[mom cat]

5. Obviously there was a lopsided and unbalanced vote against us!

At least we still have our veto so we can tell the rest of the world to get lost.(Sarcasm attenuated due to fatigue from working the polls).