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Originally Posted by powerclown
Complete distortion of reality. The overwhelming majority of US vetoes of UN resolutions are on behalf of the continued existence of Israel, not humanitarian, social or resource issues. Time and again the UN seeks ever more insidious ways in which to bind the hand of Israel in its efforts to protect its people from waves of suicide bombers. The US won't allow the UN to emasculate Israel, however hard it tries.
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That wasn't even my main point, but ok, I'll explain myself.
It doesn't matter on what issues the veto was used, it's the fact that's it's used so regularly by a country that sees no need to abide by International law that hurts the credibility of the UN. To say that the UN seeks to 'bind the hand of Israel' is to accuse every member state of actively working against Israel in the face of a terrorist onslaught, and we both know that's not true. What's more true is that UN resolutions too often contrast with US foreign policy or propose methods to achieve progress which it doesn't agree with. For example, the unlawful use of force in Nicaragua during the Bush administration of the eighties (and the first 'war on terror') saw worldwide condemnation that was ignored, and a subsequent security council resolution calling on all member states to abide by international law was vetoed by the US.
To me at least, it seems as though it's Washingtons way or no way at all on many issues that affect more states than theirs.