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rampartc

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5. and would not be useful anyway

Reply to Pachamama (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 21, 2022, 05:33 AM

Sep 2022

strange as this may seem russia is a great help in peace keeping in africa, the middle east, and in the former yugoslavia and ussr.

in a (we all hope soon) post putin russia we will want them IN the security council.

ditto china, whatever happens on taiwan.

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The UN Security Council [View all] EndlessWire Sep 2022 OP

They need to kick Russia out of the UN Security Council. SunSeeker Sep 2022 #1

As Permanent Member of the Security Council this is not possible Pachamama Sep 2022 #2

And that is why the UN is useless. nt SunSeeker Sep 2022 #3

A major flaw indeed Pachamama Sep 2022 #4

and would not be useful anyway rampartc Sep 2022 #5

Do you think Russia "is a great help in peace keeping" in Syria? SunSeeker Sep 2022 #6

Yeah, where would we be without those Wagner guys? bluedigger Sep 2022 #9

Institutions don't seem to be set up to deal with leaders who are ruthless sociopaths. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #7

Sadly true Pachamama Sep 2022 #10

Yes the US is not able to deal with emergency situations caused by criminal leaders. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #11

China is laughing all the way to the way to the Urals. TheBlackAdder Sep 2022 #8