USA to veto UN resolution on rape as a weapon of war

[Weezol]

I can't find anything coherent to say at this point.

www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/22/us-un-resolution-rape-weapon-of-war-veto

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www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/22/us-un-resolution-rape-weapon-of-war-veto

And since Nikki Haley resigned there has been no permanent replacement. The jobbing diplomats have to ask the WH direct for instructions, and this is what we get.

The P5 will cobble something, probably.

This is very worrying, will wait to see the outcome

'an unholy alliance of the US, the Russians, the Holy See, the Saudis and the Bahrainis, chipping away at the progress that has been made'

Can't we fire them all off into space where they can work out their differences on some other planet?

The UN caved.

www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/apr/23/un-resolution-passes-trump-us-veto-threat-abortion-language-removed

USA is getting more and more fascist. It is scary.

And yet they wonder why women are so worked up about protecting their existing rights.