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Originally Posted by bartonbank  Every country on the security council has used the veto in the past...and the moment the UK doesn't act in self interest we will all be on here banging on about it. |
Since 1984 (after the soviets stopped going nuts with the vetos) the yanks have used the veto in relation to Israel more times than the rest of the council combined has used vetos on anything.
Not sure what good economic sanctions would really do. In the case of Iraq he deaths of children attributable to sanctions is estimated in the hundreds of thousands and half a million is a sort of midddle of the road estimate.
Didn't exactly do Sadam a world of harm though.
Seems more like a way for the west to feel smug and brush the issue under the carpet while pretending to take decisive action.