AIPAC Calls For Review Of U.S.-Palestinian Ties

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46. the nature of those countries speaks volumes as well

Analyze the list of abstained--with a very small handful of exceptions (*), it is largely composed of tiny Pacific nations (if that's what you can even call them--my state of Oregon has more people than the lot of them combined), tiny European monarchies like Andorra and Monaco (see previous), Caribbean island statelets that also function as tax shelters for the rich and powerful, former Eastern Bloc states, impoverished African dictatorships and pseudo-republics, and Central American military-dominated republics.

Aside from the tiny European dictatorships (Andorra is a clerical monarchy, Monaco is a real-life exclusive haven for the 1%), there's a common thread to all of these: generally small, corrupt kleptocracies heavily dependent on US aid, loans, and military bases to sustain their fragile economies and unpopular political status quos. Yes, it's truly a mystery why they voted in the manner that they did.

(*)--Germany and the Netherlands would be exceptions, excepting as explanation the nature of the conservative governments presently in power. Mongolia has recently spread its legs to the mineral companies of the US bloc, and the presently ruling regime adeptly does what it is told, no matter the objections and protestations of its populace.