US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza
US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza
The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants to allow humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip.
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Oh but its a problem when Russia does it?
Yeah, honestly the Superpower Vetoes have been the biggest flaw in the UN since its conception.
Call it a flaw if you want, but it is also probably contributing to no more world wars
I think it's less effective than it could be with the ability to check world powers and their allies with financial incentives among other things.
No - they're why the UN exists.
The purpose of the UN is to prevent global war. The Security Council veto keeps the UN from taking sides in a military conflict against the interests of a county that can maintain that level of warfare.
Lmao
The UN was not created to maintain peace. They were the result of a massive conflict. The ability to give financial incentives for peace by restricting powerful nations would make the UN a thousand times more effective.
The US would veto via military action if we couldn't veto by voting. It's a bad system, but better than going to war (more than we already do).
And then they would face massive economic repercussions as the UN could vote against them for a change.