"Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. That's a fact. It will remain a fact. It has been US policy to recognize that fact since 1995, reaffirmed overwhelmingly by Congress this past summer."Guy Benson "Aside from the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to replace Justice Scalia on the US Supreme Court, I'm not sure I've ever been any prouder of the Trump administration than I was during Nikki Haley's scathing and righteous speech before the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Katie wrote up Haley's remarks and the subsequent vote, in which the large majority of the UN's "community of nations" purported to declare the United States' decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel (which it is) 'null and void.' Your empty, symbolic votes to single out America for our unwavering support for a country you loathe mean nothing, Haley warned delegates. We've made our decision as a sovereign nation, and there's nothing you can do about it -- but we will remember your actions the next time you come, hat in hand, begging us for more money. Here's the video, in case you missed Amb. Haley's tour de force:
Text of Ambassador Haley's Remarks Before a UN General Assembly Vote on Jerusalem
. . . "Contrast that moral clarity with the shameful and craven actions of the previous administration, and the gratuitous and disloyal votes of normal US allies. Good for her. Israel was one of just eight nations who joined the United States on this vote, with a few dozen more abstaining. Haley is hosting a 'friendship reception' for the nations that chose not to vote against the US on this issue Israel's Prime Minister tweeted a short video thanking America and Amb. Haley for their leadership:" Here:
Jonathan S. Tobin writes, Nikki Haley’s Right: Time to Start ‘Taking Names’ at the U.N. . . . "That is especially true when recipients not only lack gratitude for American largesse but actively resent their indebtedness to Washington.
"Trump’s predecessor encouraged this attitude, since he often seemed more inclined to apologize for America’s sins, and to deprecate the presumption that it could teach the world a thing or two about freedom, than to make demands on international organizations. Career diplomats may loathe language they think makes the U.S. appear to be a bully. But one needn’t embrace Trump’s “America First” mantra — though the foreign-policy doctrine published under that name is more realist than isolationist — to understand that the U.S. has every right to call aid recipients and allies to account when they cross the line into unfair attacks on Washington."
Israel doesn't stand much of a chance with liberal cartoonists You will see here that the left and Arab cartoonists are of the same mind. With this exception:
Haley Hammers the UN: America Doesn't Pay for the Privilege of Being DisrespectedThank you, Ambassador Haley. On Hanukkah, you spoke like a Maccabi. You lit a candle of truth. You dispel the darkness. One defeated the many. Truth defeated lies. Thank you, President Trump. Thank you, Nikki Haley.
Jonathan S. Tobin writes, Nikki Haley’s Right: Time to Start ‘Taking Names’ at the U.N. . . . "That is especially true when recipients not only lack gratitude for American largesse but actively resent their indebtedness to Washington.
"Trump’s predecessor encouraged this attitude, since he often seemed more inclined to apologize for America’s sins, and to deprecate the presumption that it could teach the world a thing or two about freedom, than to make demands on international organizations. Career diplomats may loathe language they think makes the U.S. appear to be a bully. But one needn’t embrace Trump’s “America First” mantra — though the foreign-policy doctrine published under that name is more realist than isolationist — to understand that the U.S. has every right to call aid recipients and allies to account when they cross the line into unfair attacks on Washington."
Israel doesn't stand much of a chance with liberal cartoonists You will see here that the left and Arab cartoonists are of the same mind. With this exception:
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