For 67 years the US has pursued its own interests at the expense of global justice – no wonder people are sceptical now
US troops fire a white phosphorous mortar towards a
Taliban position on 3 April 2009 in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Photograph: John Moore/Getty
You could almost pity these people. For 67 years successive US governments have resisted calls to reform the
UN security council.
They’ve defended a system which grants five nations a veto over world
affairs, reducing all others to impotent spectators. They have abused
the powers and trust with which they have been vested. They have
collaborated with the other four permanent members (the UK, Russia,
China and France) in a colonial carve-up, through which these nations
can pursue their own corrupt interests at the expense of peace and
global justice.
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