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arrow-up16external-linkAmerica vetoes G7 proposal to combat Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankerswww.theguardian.com@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • edit-22 months agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•edit-22 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months 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.