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News & Current Events May 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM

US-proposed Iran resolution at UN faces likely vetoes from China, Russia

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Disc0Disc0Disc0 May 7, 2026 +32
China and Russia are loving this. They dont want it to stop.
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AnyBug1039 May 7, 2026 +30
They have the perfect idiot to lead the US into humiliation on the world stage. "No other president can do this shit" were his words, I believe. What an arrogant, stupid, vainglorious a******.
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Negative-Start9414 May 8, 2026 +7
The US has never looked weaker or more impotent, of course they love this.  Funny thing is uneducated Americans think they look strong.
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Car-face May 7, 2026 +8
>Washington’s U.N. envoy Mike Waltz told reporters that any countries that “seek to throw it out, are setting a very, very dangerous precedent.” >“We have to ask ourselves, if a country chooses to oppose such a simple proposition, do they really want peace?” Good to know, Mike. [US blocks UN call for Gaza ceasefire for sixth time](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3yj41083no)
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CircumspectCapybara May 7, 2026 +13
> The U.S. on Thursday urged ​countries to support its United Nations resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining of the Strait of ‌Hormuz, but diplomats said China and Russia are likely to veto it. While that's *possible*, it's not a foregone conclusion that they *have* to veto. Earlier in the war, the UN Security Council successfully adopted [a resolution](https://docs.un.org/en/s/res/2817(2026)) condemning Iran and demanding Iran cease its attacks on the Gulf states, and China or Russia abstained from vetoing like usual. It's not very often China and Russia agree with the US on anything, but seems like they were having enough of Iran's BS that they could tolerate siding with the US. The whole world kind of shares a common interest in Iran not shutting down the strait and not blowing up its neighbors. China and Russia benefit from the Iran fighting with the US and depleting US stockpiles and drawing US attention away from their backyards (for which they have their own designs), but they don't want the strait blocked nor the gulf states being blown up by Iran.
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Fit-Ad-835 May 7, 2026 +12
I mean, china? Maybe. They care about the flow and price of oil, But why shouldn't Russia veto this? They like this chaos. While the fall or loss of Iran's regime is a very bad outcome for them, high oil prices and less arms for Ukraine is a good thing for them, right? Unless there is another factor here that I'm overlooking
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Jeovah_Attorney May 7, 2026 +2
Russia depends economically on China after Europe pushes them away. If Xi asks really nice Putin will fold
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faffc260 May 7, 2026 +8
china wants the strait open, russia will be the one to veto if anyone is, as they benefit from high oil prices and are desperate for money to fund their own misadventure.
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Fit-Magazine-6669 May 10, 2026 +1
those resolutions do nothing anyway, no one abides them no one to enforce them, its just a PR move at best..
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Mewhomewhy May 7, 2026 +6
And Trump will say nothing. No rage about Russia and will continue to do everything to help them.
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Nuclear-Jester May 7, 2026 +3
Ah yes, the Cold War dynamics
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benDunk255 May 7, 2026 +4
Shocking news honestly
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Upset-Spring-7369 May 7, 2026 +2
USA could always just 'leave'. You know?  'go home'
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Shot-Toe-2884 May 7, 2026 +3
FYI: US is attacking Iran as we speak. Strikes reported in Qeshm, Bandar Abbas and now Tehran.
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ohst8buxcp7 May 7, 2026 +1
Is there's anyone out there, of any political belief or nationality, that actually thinks the UN is anything other than useless grandstanding at this point? What would we even lose getting rid of it?
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