Sunshine (she/her) to [email protected]English • 2 months agoZelenskyy: We Gave Away Our Nuclear Weapons and Got Full-Scale War and Death in Returnunited24media.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down111
arrow-up1437arrow-down1external-linkZelenskyy: We Gave Away Our Nuclear Weapons and Got Full-Scale War and Death in Returnunited24media.comSunshine (she/her) to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-square@HappycamperNZlink30•2 months agoWe did hold up our end. We brought it before the UNSC, Russia vetoed any proposal. That was our agreement, Russia did not hold up theirs. This is why the VETO power needs to go.
minus-square@NoSpotOfGroundlink17•2 months agoUnfortunately, without the veto power I expect the nuclear-armed countries would just leave the UN and it would lose what little usefulness it still has.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-22 months agoTest that argument and build something better if it holds true? Btw, peer pressure works on countries too!
We did hold up our end.
We brought it before the UNSC, Russia vetoed any proposal. That was our agreement, Russia did not hold up theirs.
This is why the VETO power needs to go.
Unfortunately, without the veto power I expect the nuclear-armed countries would just leave the UN and it would lose what little usefulness it still has.
Test that argument and build something better if it holds true?
Btw, peer pressure works on countries too!