BACKGROUND
1)”U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war; Washington’s shift on the conflict marks a major break with Europe and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with Moscow.,” Washington Post, February 24, 2024, ( 2:46 p.m. EST);
2)David Frum, “At Least Now We Know the Truth; It’s ugly, but necessary to face,” The Atlantic, February 28, 2028;
3)”Garry Kasparov, The Putinization of America; Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation, The Atlantic, February 28, 2025 (7:00 a.m.ET);
4)Thomas L. Friedman, “This Never Happened With an American President Before,” New York Times, Februaty 28, 2025;
What will it take to remove a lawless pro-Russian president hell-bent on tearing down the rule of law and our democratic institutions, and programs enacted by Congress through our democratically-elected Congressmen and Senators?
What will it take?
The questiin assumes, of course, that the near comatose democratic body politic of American can becwoken up.
It assumes tgat fascism ant tyranny in America can becreversed.
But what swaits us if tgey cab’t be reversed, at least in our lifetimes.
As in Germany in tge 1930’s, things may roll along for a number of years rithout life changing fir most people in significantvways.
Of course, some people were affected. Hews and gypsies, forvexample.
Some political and military leaderscwere killed, but that didn’t affect most peopke.
Is tgere a road back to democracy and tge rule of law?
Maybe. Maybe not.
Today the United States u der Trump voted against a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Russia for its invadpsiin of Ukraine three years ago, on February 24, 2022.
The vote was ________?
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The General Assembly then voted to adopt three amendments by European countries, adding language to the U.S. resolution that called out Russia as the invading aggressor, and reiterated the U.N. commitment to Ukraine’s territorial integrity and prewar international borders under a “just, lasting and comprehensive peace.”
The Assembly then approved the amended resolution by a vote of 93 to 8, with 73 abstentions. The United States abstained on the amended version of its own resolution.
Voting against were Ryssua, Belarus, NotyjKLorea, Venezuela abd Cuba.
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In addition to Haiti, countries voting against Ukraine’s resolution included Belarus, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Hungary, Israel, Mali, the Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, Niger and Sudan.
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Sixty-five countries abstained, including China, the Persian Gulf nations, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Yemen, Vietnam and much of Africa.