Putin Orders Troop Pullback From Ukraine Border: Kremlin

[Superboy]

No, I pretty much mean the world...

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Only 11 countries in the world voted against UN resolution 68/262.

Number of countries does not mean much. It's total population that counts. Most of the countries that approved the vote are tiny insignificant countries that are part of the EU or NATO or are the US's client states. Besides, the question was worded strangely. A vote depends very much on how a question is worded. Typically the yes vote wins out. See the Scotland referendum, the yes vote garnered 45% even though voting yes was a stupid thing to do.

Putin has never wanted to annex the Donbass. What he wants is two things:
1) A written, absolute guarantee that Ukraine will never join NATO
2) Extensive autonomy for Ukraine's regions so that those who identify with Russia rather than Europe can maintain closer ties to her.

Ukraine cannot join NATO as long as Ukraine has disputed territory. Moldova and Georgia are not able to join NATO due to Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia.

 

[Desertfalcon]

Thank you for proving you just mean your NATO wolfpack "international community" in the usual sense of U.S. propaganda, not the real international community.

Majority of the world is not in favor of NATO terror or "against" Russia. Not even in your little crimea referendum which is a completely different matter than you talked about before. Don't waste your time with cheap little tricks like that. No one will fall for that.

Who knew the United Nations with 193 members were the same thing as NATO?

 

[Superboy]

Who knew the United Nations with 193 members were the same thing as NATO?

The UN is useless. Please tell me what good the UN has done over the past 40 years?

 

[Desertfalcon]

Number of countries does not mean much. It's total population that counts.

You mean the insignificant countries like America (318 million people), Indonesia (253 million), Japan (120 million), Mexico (120 million), Germany (80 million), Turkey (76 million), France (66 million), UK (64 million), Italy (61 million), South Korea (50 million), Colombia (48 million), Spain (46 million), etc. etc.

Sounds like a lot of people to me!

 

[Cyberian]

Looks-like US/EU sanctions are finally having the desired effects on Putin's mental fitness/illness.

I hope the Russians are looking forward to 30-40 years of US/EU sanctions.

 

[Superboy]

You mean the insignificant countries like America (318 million people), Indonesia (253 million), Japan (120 million), Mexico (120 million), Germany (80 million), Turkey (76 million), France (66 million), UK (64 million), Italy (61 million), South Korea (50 million), Colombia (48 million), Spain (46 million), etc. etc.

Sounds like a lot of people to me!

Combined, these are only a small fraction of China's population.

Looks-like US/EU sanctions are finally having the desired effects on Putin's mental fitness/illness.

I hope the Russians are looking forward to 30-40 years of US/EU sanctions.

Russia is an independent country. Even if China sanctions Russia, that would do absolutely nothing.

 

[Desertfalcon]

Combined, these are only a small fraction of China's population.

Which means nothing as they abstained from voting.

 

[Superboy]

Which means nothing as they abstained from voting.

Abstain means supportive of Russia. Argentina and Iran both abstained too.

 

[Desertfalcon]

Abstain means supportive of Russia. Argentina and Iran both abstained too.

That of course, is utter nonsense. Had they supported Russia, they would have simply voted AGAINST the resolution. Abstain means...abstain. The entire point of an abstention is to NOT give support either way. India did as well.

 

[Hiptullha]

That of course, is utter nonsense. Had they supported Russia, they would have simply voted AGAINST the resolution. Abstain means...abstain. The entire point of an abstention is to NOT give support either way. India did as well.

It's a tight position. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, if you will. Many of them were beneficiaries of US aid but at the same time had a majority which did not approve of American foreign policy.

 

[Desertfalcon]

It's a tight position. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, if you will. Many of them were beneficiaries of US aid but at the same time had a majority which did not approve of American foreign policy.

...just as many of them may have actually wanted to vote against Russia but were scared of losing everything from oil, natural gas, or their export market to Russia or weapons procurement from Russia. It works both ways and is why what we DO know for certain....is that they abstained. No vote. Anything else is speculation.

 

[GDan]

The UN is useless. Please tell me what good the UN has done over the past 40 years?

Does the eradication of smallpox count for anything?

 

[Superboy]

Does the eradication of smallpox count for anything?

A virus can never be eradicated.

 

[Superboy]

6 countries drafted the anti Russia resolution regarding Crimea. Take away these 6 bad guys, there weren't a lot of countries that voted yes, certainly not enough to reach 50% of the 193 countries.

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Drafters of a resolution should never be allowed to vote on it, since they would always vote in favor of the resolution that they drafted. To be fair, only 100 - 6 = 94 out of 193 countries voted for the resolution, less than 50%, and the resolution did not pass in my opinion.

 

[GDan]

A virus can never be eradicated.

Perhaps not, but I'd say reducing the number of smallpox cases from 50 million per year to zero counts for something.