Nikki Haley Holds "Friendship Party" For Countries That Supported US In UN Israel Vote

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a nice FUCK YOU to those who voted their consciences


Nikki Haley Holds "Friendship Party" For Countries That Supported US In UN Israel Vote

Though at first glance it sounds straight out of The Onion, Nikki Haley has formally invited the 64 countries who either voted 'against' or abstained (or just didn't show up) for Thursday's UN General Assembly vote on the Jerusalem resolution to a "friendship" party.

Hours after Haley tweeted “We appreciate these countries for not falling to the irresponsible ways of the UN," Voice of America's UN correspondent Margaret Besheer posted an electronic version of the invitation to twitter, which reads "Save the Date: The Honorable Nikki R. Haley, Permanent Representative United States Mission to the United Nations invites you to a reception to thank you for your friendship to the United States, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 6:00-8:00p.m. Formal Invitation to Follow."

US Ambassador Nikki Haley invites the 64 countries who voted ‘no’, abstained or didn’t show up for UNGA Jerusalem resolution to “friendship” party.

Naturally our first thought is that it sounds like it's going to be a pretty sad and deeply awkward party. After all only 9 actually voted with the United States, and 35 were absentions, leaving all the rest as no-shows. So even the majority of the 64 "friends" on the invitation list were a bit too embarrassed to fully step up for their "friend" the first time around - why would they then attend what sounds like a literal pity party for the losing side?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-22/nikki-haley-holds-friendship-party-countries-supported-us-un-israel-vote

[rzemanfl]

1. The world is a high school now????? Jesus Christ. n/t

[spanone]

2. that pretty much sums it up.

we are the scourge....

[madaboutharry]

5. More like Middle School!

How juvenile can these people get!

[Javaman]

13. more like Heathers. nt

[smirkymonkey]

20. Exactly what I was thinking!

What is this shit? Every day a new fresh hell.

[PatSeg]

26. This whole administration

is inexperienced, incompetent, and childish. More and more, I am really starting to appreciate all the career diplomats that have served our country for years, Democrat and republican.

"Mean Girls Go to Washington" (and boys of course).

[LuckyCharms]

3. Will she be passing out Valentine Cards? n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. It's a spite party.

[Cha]

46. +one

[greatauntoftriplets]

48. Such a middle-school thing to do.

[Cha]

49. bitter and spite

France, United Kingdom, and Germany didn't get invited.. aww..

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/22/middleeast/jerusalem-vote-united-nations-list-intl/index.html

What exactly was the Resolution crafted for?

"Turkey and Yemen co-sponsored the draft resolution which called on all countries to refrain from establishing diplomatic missions in Jerusalem."

Thank you, greataunt!

[greatauntoftriplets]

50. Every European country that my ancestors came from voted no.

Good to see you back, Cha!

[Cha]

52. Mahalo, greataunt!

Do you know why the Resolution was drafted in the first place? What Prompted it?

Thanks and good for our Ancestral Countries!

Good to be back after a 5 month news blackout.. but I did miss a few things.

[greatauntoftriplets]

53. No, I don't know why it was drafted?

Guess I'm much to amused by it to have asked questions. That vote says a lot. Of course, it would never have happened with President Obama.

I wouldn't be able to stay away for five months. There's too much happening.

[Cha]

55. I guess trump wanted Jerusalem

to be the capital of Israel and the majority of the countries weren't buying it.

I don't know why Canada, Mexico, and Australia abstained?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/politics/haley-un-jerusalem/index.html

Haley threatened the Assembly that the USA would withhold funds from the UN and move their Embassy to Jerusalem anyway. Said that's where the American People wanted it.

But trump's polls are in the toilet so I doubt that.

[greatauntoftriplets]

56. That's as good a reason as any.

I heard on CNN earlier that Canada, Mexico and Australia abstained because they didn't want to offend us.

[Cha]

57. Chickens! I was afraid

it was something like that.

[greatauntoftriplets]

58. Abstention still shows some independence.

Of course, you could always compare it to taking the 5th amendment.

[Cha]

59. Yeah, you're right... I'll give them

that.. they still get invited to the spite party.

Have fun schmoozing with the inhumane, monster assholes, party attendees.

[greatauntoftriplets]

60. It'd be nice if they decline the invitation.

[tanyev]

6. Ooh, did they do each other's hair and paint their nails?

[dalton99a]

7. She's still trying to take Tillerson's job

maybe Trump's

[exboyfil]

9. Can you imagine the negative ad

That this will generate if she ever runs again for political office. It will be brutal. Her only response will be my boss ordered me.

[dalton99a]

11. No doubt - "I had no choice. I did my best under the very difficult circumstances"

"I was being a good Republican"

[Mosby]

8. zerohedge is a Russian psyops website

That peddles Russian propaganda.

It has no place at DU.

[Fred Sanders]

17. There was a pity party after the vote threat. Everyone is reporting on it.

Guess everyone but Togo, Guatemala, Honduras and a handful of atolls do not believe in the Judeo-Christian End Times or annexation of land by force.

Go figure.

[Mosby]

18. if everyone is reporting on it why use zero hedge?

FYI - end times theology is a strictly Christian idea, Jews have nothing to do with it, in fact, Christians think we all will convert or die.

[Fred Sanders]

19. Zero hedge should not be used but you are not disputing the fact of the pity party.

Am I wrong?:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_eschatology

"Jewish eschatology is the area of theology and philosophy concerned with events that will happen in the end of days and related concepts, according to the Hebrew Bible and Jewish thought. This includes the ingathering of the exiled diaspora, the coming of a Jewish Messiah, afterlife, and the revival of the dead Tzadikim. In Judaism, end times are usually called the "end of days", a phrase that appears several times in the Tanakh.

The standard Jewish belief was that after one dies, one's immortal soul joins God in the world to come while one's body decomposes. At the end of days, God will recompose one's body, place within it one's immortal soul, and that person will stand before God in judgement. The idea of a messianic age has a prominent place in Jewish thought, and is incorporated as part of the end of days. Jewish philosophers from medieval times to the present day have emphasized the soul's immortality and deemphasized the resurrection of the dead.[1]

[Mosby]

21. the Jewish "end times" ideas are completely different

We think that a messiah or messianic age is coming, which will lead to peace on earth. Most non-orthodox believe that the messiah will not have supernatural powers, or doesn't exist, hence the "messianic age" concept.

Christians think the earth is going to be destroyed and all the "believers" are going to live with God in the garden of eden.

Only the Haredim think that the dead will rise from the grave.

Non-orthodox Jews feel so strongly about this that we changed an ancient prayer (the Kaddish) to remove the mention of the dead rising from the grave.

[Fred Sanders]

22. No one will rise from any grave. There will be no "messiahs". All comforting make believe which

I have no problem with. God-play as much as one likes, as long as the fantasies do no one harm.

Which they are.

Guess we can write off the Hindus, Buddhists and Confusionists, etc. (a few billion) and their own views of the future because what do they know? They are all going to hell for not being Judeo-Christian anyway.

[karynnj]

33. Is Jewish Press, Times of Israel. or NY Post better?

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/shindig-nikki-haley-calls-us-supporters-at-the-un-vote-to-party/2017/12/22/ and

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-invites-nations-who-abstained-or-rejected-un-vote-to-reception/

Or

https://nypost.com/2017/12/22/haley-invites-nations-siding-with-us-on-israel-capital-to-party/

All lean too right wing for me - and Fox News has it too! In fact, Fox News was given a copy of the emailed invitation. So, it seems to be mostly on the right wing sites INCLUDING SOME RW Jewish sites.

Incidentially looking at references to "Nikki Hayley" on twitter, she is now a heroine of the very far right!

[Mosby]

41. zero hedge is run by anonymous people

"Tyler Durdan" is probably a Russian hedge fund guy.

They are no different than RT and sputnik news.

Jewish press is very right wing, it's not a site I read or post.

ToI is a really good source for Israeli/ME news.

NY post is a rag.

[karynnj]

42. Toi is pretty right wing - pro likkud IMO

I agree that Zerohedge is a bad source.

[demmiblue]

45. I agree... Zero Hedge is not a source that should be allowed on DU. n/t

[malaise]

10. It's worse than that

We are sovereign states not US colonies. We have our interests which are often not the same as US interests.
When Putin condemns you you're up shit creek.

[Initech]

12. Seriously is this middle school or the US fucking government?

[NastyRiffraff]

14. Is it a sleepover?

I remember those from Junior High. Playing Beatles & Stones records, doing our hair, giggling through the night. Good times, good times. Never pictured one with the U.N. though.

[Takket]

15. Friendship party? Are you fucking serious?

Did she hand out party hats? Was there cake and ice cream? WTF is going on???? Bizarro world!!!

[spanone]

43. Bwahahahahaaa yes, she is serious

if you're not invited.....you're not our friend...

[Wounded Bear]

16. All to celebrate our new status as a 3rd World country...

You are who you hang out with, right?

[dchill]

23. How clique-y, Nikki.

[IronLionZion]

24. There has not been another world war since the creation of the UN

and these assholes want to undermine it to "make America great again" like back when we had world wars.

[joshdawg]

25. This had to be suggested, or ordered, by the juvenile in the W.H.

Only that snot-nosed brat would come up with something like that.
And Haley, being the slobbering lap dog that she is, went along with it.
My aching back! What a poor excuse of an "administration" this is.

[Bleacher Creature]

27. They can make friendship bracelets! NT

[ret5hd]

28. Did they reserve enough porta-potties?

[Cryptoad]

29. Amazed at how big a thug she really is,,,,,,,

[ucrdem]

30. Promise 'em billions, then toss 'em a brownie

and mark their accounts paid. Merry Xmas from the clown prince.

[C_U_L8R]

31. Only 9 voted no.

Besides Israel and the USA.... whattaya got?
Nauru?? Palau?? Togo??

What a joke.

[potone]

32. Once again the Trump administration...

embarrasses the entire country. How anyone who is not a billionaire can support these incompetent fools is beyond me. I had my differences with Obama, but he was a grownup and always acted like one.

[mvd]

35. Exactly

Hi fellow Bernie supporter!

Yes right now a continuation of the Obama years would feel like heaven. The next Democrat that becomes President will have to spend a lot of his/her first term just repairing all the damage both domestically and internationally.

[potone]

54. Hello to you, too!

[livetohike]

34. Did they hold it in a phone booth? Shes a joke. n/t

[procon]

36. Mean Girl Pity Party... RSVP and don't show up without a gourmet snack.

Maybe they'll all do each other's hair and have a big mani-pedi fest while they diss their enemies and mock the studious nerds on the Student Council.

[Irish_Dem]

37. Jr. High

[bronxiteforever]

38. She is running for Potus and the UN was her debutant dance.

The rethugs loved her speech. That was her audience and not the actual issue of a peaceful settlement of Jerusalem.,
To me, it was like Nitkita Khrushchev’s pound a shoe diatribe. And just as futile and childish.
Of course, like everything the right says these days, critical reasoning and strategic diplomacy is to be mocked. The stupidity of these people makes my head hurt.

[Initech]

39. The kids have been running the government for the last 40 years.

Time to let the adults back in charge!

[Sanity Claws]

40. I hope no one shows up.

[Ken Burch]

44. Wouldn't need a lot of hors-d'ouevres for that.

A party with eight guests just sounds depressing.

[Ilsa]

47. Former diplomats ripped on her this morning

For her bullying speech and threats, even saying, "The resolution wasn't even binding!" They also commented that you can't do this and be the leader of the free world.

[janterry]

51. She's trying to pretend that the abstentions were

votes of support.

They weren't. They were angry with us, but felt bullied. Nice try, Nikki