| megaman79 said: The veto vote is ironic because Russia and China have used it in cases where their vested interests relate to Zimbabwee and Mugabe along with Sudan too. Ironic because the West complains about that suspension of justice but when Israel was going to firstly be publicly shamed over accusations they were infringing on human rights for Palestinians including mass non-combatant casualty deaths and then, just last week, the demand to halt military action in favour of a ceasefire, both were vetoed by the US. Look at the history of veto's by the 5 permanent members and there is clear bias, vested interests and shameful ignorance of moral standards. It should be changed because today its not just about 5 countries, after all its the G12. If they required 2 countries to veto a decision the war might have been stopped last week. Britain and the EU don't want it to continue. |
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