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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] The practice of vetoes in the UN Security Council go back to the aftermath of World War II, when the five major Allied countries received special authority in the post-war arena. The original intention -- before the Cold War, anyway -- was that each of the five nations would have a specific region where they'd serve a policeman-type function. Of course, the focused US-vs-USSR conflict in the Cold War completely changed that. Considering the drastic changes in global politics in the past 60 years -- and even just in the past 10 years -- are veto powers still an appropriate authority to be delegated to anyone in the Security Council? Certainly in the current Iraq case, it's likely that the US would have its way without a French or Russian veto, but there are plenty of other cases where the council could choose against US wishes, too. Bush likes to claim that UN approval isn't necessarily important to launch an attack. If that's true, then why haven't we attacked already? They've been talking about launching it "soon" for the past month or two. Clearly getting UN support is crucial. I personally believe that the veto power -- even for the US -- is a bad thing in today's world. Considering the trend of increasing globalization, the policy of any one country -- even including their military power -- doesn't justify the ability to tell the rest of the world that they can't do something. There are nearly four times as many countries in the UN today than there were when the UN was founded in 1945. Rather than outnumbering the veto-empowered countries ten to one, it's more like forty to one! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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