Mock Vote: UN Security Council elections 2012

[saxitoxin]

Elected Yesterday: Argentina, Rwanda, Australia
Continuing: United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, France, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Togo, Morocco, Guatemala

There are two seats remaining to be elected, "Asia-Pacific" and "Western Europe and Others."

You can cast one vote for FINLAND or LUXEMBOURG.

You can cast a second vote for CAMBODIA or BHUTAN or SOUTH KOREA.

[BigBallinStalin]

Gotta keep South Korea in there. Its pro-US rubber stamps are needed!

But Cambodia may be more pliant. The US did, after all, 'help' their main man overcome the Evil Commies and turn Cambodia into a 'democracy' dominated by his friends and family.

[saxitoxin]

Well that was fast ...

Luxembourg beats Finland with 131 of 193 votes
South Korea beats Cambodia and Bhutan with 149 of 193 votes

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?N ... IBOHoaHeSo

Best possible outcome for the US, IMO, worst possible outcome for Russia/China.

[AndyDufresne]

Bhutan, because it is a happy country.


--Andy

[BigBallinStalin]

Bhutan, because it is a happy country.


--Andy

THE VOTE IS OVER.


THE WORLD HAS SPOKEN.



GET BACK TO WORK!!!!


Sincerely,
the United Nations

[BigBallinStalin]

Well that was fast ...

Luxembourg beats Finland with 131 of 193 votes
South Korea beats Cambodia and Bhutan with 149 of 193 votes

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?N ... IBOHoaHeSo

Best possible outcome for the US, IMO, worst possible outcome for Russia/China.

Hey-OHH!!!

South Korea FTW!

I didn't know if Finland or Luxembourg was the better pick for the US/NATO. Luxembourg makes sense though (more decades of commitment and support to US interests).


I find it amusing that the "world government ideal" (UN) can be so dominated by the US and to a lesser degree, its NATO boy-toys.

[saxitoxin]

It also bears noting that Rwanda was elected to the Security Council despite the fact the defense minister is moonlighting as the head of a rebel militia in the Congo.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oc ... s-kabarebe

Meanwhile, two years ago ...

A leaked United Nations report documenting Rwandan atrocities that “could be classified as crimes of genocide” in the eastern Congo has created a political crisis that threatens to disrupt Washington’s plans to dominate the continent. Rwanda’s minority Tutsi regime – an American client that acts as a mercenary for U.S. interests in Africa, along with Uganda – threatens to withdraw its soldiers from United Nations “peace-keeping” missions if the report is not suppressed.

http://blackagendareport.com/content/rw ... o-genocide

I guess they were right about everything except the "disrupt Washington's plans" bit.

[nietzsche]

Wasn't Mexico invited to this party in previous years?

[notyou2]

They kept having siestas during the votes.

[BigBallinStalin]

It also bears noting that Rwanda was elected to the Security Council despite the fact the defense minister is moonlighting as the head of a rebel militia in the Congo.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oc ... s-kabarebe

Meanwhile, two years ago ...

A leaked United Nations report documenting Rwandan atrocities that “could be classified as crimes of genocide” in the eastern Congo has created a political crisis that threatens to disrupt Washington’s plans to dominate the continent. Rwanda’s minority Tutsi regime – an American client that acts as a mercenary for U.S. interests in Africa, along with Uganda – threatens to withdraw its soldiers from United Nations “peace-keeping” missions if the report is not suppressed.

http://blackagendareport.com/content/rw ... o-genocide

I guess they were right about everything except the "disrupt Washington's plans" bit.

Eh, it happens, but most of the time it's worth the intervention.