How they vote in the U.N.

Post-9/11 Era Forum

Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the U.S. State Department and United Nations' records:

Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Morocco votes against t he United States 70% of the time.
United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of the time.
Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.
Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.
Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.
Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.
India votes against the United States 81% of the time.
Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.
Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the time.

US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:

Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United States, still receives $2 billion annually in U.S. Foreign Aid.

Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.

Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.

India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.

Perhaps it is time to get out of the U.N. and give the tax savings back to the American workers who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes.

Beautiful, great post! Thank you. Just try not to link to it in all other threads ^^.

And this means what? These countries hate America? take the US for a fool? disagree with what America does most of the time? What? Any context here or are people just supposed to summise? Okay I'll summise - everyone hates the US!! Go away.

Happy now

I'll surmise the context. It has to do with people criticizing the fact that the US gives foreign aid dollars to Israel. Israel is an ally of the US. These other countries who receive foreign aid are not. That's why many of the countries listed above do not receive aid, and those who do, receive less than Israel. If the US is going to give its money away, it would seem beyond dispute that the money goes first to those countries that support US interests. That may or may not be Curly's point, but it is my point.

Yes it's true, no matter how much money the US pays to countries, they still vote against you.

You just cant buy the rest of the world like you do Britney CD's.

kula

Curley Joe:

In what way are they voting against us? Do you mean in the UN, voting against our interests? I'm not criticizing; just a little unclear here.

What it means is that they vote on the other side of the US's voting position.

hey, well, that's democracy.

Only in a Capitalist society would someone track dollars spent to votes bought. It is no wonder the world sees the USA views of democracy as hypocritical with posts like this available for everyone to see.

that's true, you really can't get mad at the US for expecting an alliance

however, if it truly is charity, it is a gift. No strings attached. If it's true warm-heartedness that is motivating our aid, we shouldn't even be expecting any recognition for our acts of kindness. Humility has to go along with the charity, or it's not charity, it's bribery.

h@ts:

You really dont have to feel compelled to weigh in on every post I make here. The question was not posed to you, but the person who commented. If you HAD an opinionated answer relating to the question......that would be one thing. But as usual, you completely ignore the brunt of the question, hop up on your soap box, and rant and rave about the subject and prove you know very little about what you preach.

Passion without reason is just alot of noise.

So, you want to weigh in here?
Why is the U.S the largest monetary contributor to the U.N.?
Since, as you say, the U.S is no more generous than any other country. Why is the UN based on our soil? Its diplomats enjoy diplomatic immunity, while living Carte Blanche on our dime?

Which country gives more in foreign aid than the U.S?

What exactly, did we get for our humanitarian aid from Iran when the earthquake leveled a large area of populated land? This aid was offered to a country which is openly hostile to us, held our citizens hostage, and would love to thwart our efforts in the middle east. And still, the U.S was one of the first countries to step up and provide humanitarian aid. I dont know this for fact, but I imagine we also topped the list in amount given.

Were we just checking out the real estate?

I dont seem to remember Iran sending us foreign aid on 9/11.
I seem to remember they danced in the streets.

Dont get me wrong, Id never submit the U.S would never push an agenda while being charitable. I like you to show me a country which throws a percent of the money we do, and does not try to further an agenda which is favorable to it.

I guess the point of why I have no respect for any opinion you offer is the simple fact that you can never consider, even the most remote possibility, that the U.S is capable of any act, which is based on anything but greed, world domination, or power.

Its like you've adopted such a left view, that the whole point is all but lost to you.

BTW, you start out telling me how this is a tired old argument...

It looked like a question to me.