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[–] Bytemeister 17 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Ah, that explains why India and North Korea have veto power.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

As good as this comment is, neither has the range or targeting capability that the US does or that the USSR did.

The security council veto was designed to keep the US and the USSR at the negotiating table and off the battlefield.

[–] Bytemeister 4 points 16 hours ago

Then why are all those other nations on the security council? Just seems like we only need the memembers with veto power at this point.

[–] ZMoney 5 points 17 hours ago

We would have a much more effective UN if only Pakistan stopped vetoing everything!