2016 Postmortem

still_one

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6. That is question. It sure wasn't because Israel asked them too. My suspicions are that it was more

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 10:35 PM

Dec 2016

likely a threat from trump that he would withhold all funding if they didn't ask for the delay

We have an interesting combination of strange deplorable bedfellows that make up the trump clan. white supremacists, anit-semites, anti-Muslims, sexists, racists, Corporatists, those who want to remove all regulation and privitize everything. It is quite a group.

The world will be very fortunate if it is able to avoid a major war within the next four years

We are so screwed

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There have been several versions of the story regarding the UN vote on settlements [View all] still_one Dec 2016 OP

Seems pretty clear that Trump derailed the whole thing geek tragedy Dec 2016 #1

No doubt about that, but the CNN report about Isreal asking trump to persuade President Obama still_one Dec 2016 #2

Intent was to bypass Obama, not persuade him. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #4

Why, in fact, did Egypt request a delay when it was Egypt no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #3

Because Trump told them to nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #5

That is question. It sure wasn't because Israel asked them too. My suspicions are that it was more still_one Dec 2016 #6

Kick... SidDithers Dec 2016 #7

That is exactly what happened still_one Dec 2016 #8