just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoAmerica vetoes G7 proposal to combat Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankerswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipworld@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThere’s a difference between voting against something and vetoing it. A veto prevents the other countries from doing it. That’s overstepping its sovereignty, and the outer countries should tell the US to go fuck itself.
minus-squareNimdaQA@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·edit-21 year agoThen why have the veto power at all? I mean, is something really stopping them from setting up their own task forces without America?
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThey shouldn’t have a veto power. They should only be able to control their own choices.
There’s a difference between voting against something and vetoing it.
A veto prevents the other countries from doing it.
That’s overstepping its sovereignty, and the outer countries should tell the US to go fuck itself.
Then why have the veto power at all?
I mean, is something really stopping them from setting up their own task forces without America?
They shouldn’t have a veto power. They should only be able to control their own choices.