Never said any members were good guys. Cronyism exists where you want it or not. Only China and Russia are independent, America, UK and France will always tow the line.
I do not see the logic here. At the UNSC, whatever resolution is passed, it means unanimous decision. For instance, they either supported or abstained resolutions on Libya in 2011. Again, resolution 1441 on Iraq, both voted in favor in 2002 whereas only France threatened a veto if the language of the resolution was not changed. In 2013, they vetoed three resolutions on Syria. Each power wielded veto power according to their interests. You can go and check their vetoing history.
Never said they were my guys. This is an example of why the current system is corrupt and unfair. The League or Nations can as replaced, why can’t the UN? A system where there’s a representative from each major region would be a much better system. Right now we have 5 members and 3 of them is NATO.
Ideally, yes. A better system can be imagined. But this is what we have now, and it is the best possible at the moment. Better than anarchy.
If UN resolutions are non binding and America can invade whoever they want, why can’t Russia? Why is west against it when they routinely do the same thing? America can push its foreign policy whenever they want but not other countries. Any push back against America and they are suddenly the axis of evil. WW3 is where we are going, if America keeps on pushing its foreign policy and expect no push back. This is where the current system is heading, and you say it’s working well.
So, you want Russia to add more lands? Because I did not see any other major power adding lands ever since the UN regime is established.
Well, Russia does what wants, as well. When the USSR got bogged down in Afghanistan, US supported resistance. When US failed nation building in Afghanistan, Russia supported resistance.
Same as in Syria. Russia intervened. In the Caucasus, Chechnya and Dagestan, Russia rained free, carped bombed, levelled entire cities. If one person is found to be killing Russian soldiers, his entire family was wiped out.
Russia has always seen Central Asia as its backyard.
You see, your guys, too, have all the right to do whatever they want. Now, they are doing what they want, invading a neighboring country. What else do you want?
America controls Japan’s currency, it’s pegged to the dollar. Japanese industries are connected to America by the hip. America can make Japan do things that are detrimental to their markets even if they don’t want to.
Are you educated, or just bitter? You have lots of uneducated opinion.
I have proven that Plaza Accord was not only a Japan thing, was not even initially a US idea because they preferred strong currency, which made US exports expensive and Japanese and German exports cheap.
About currency pegging:
Do you know that over 60 currencies are pegged to the USD, including Chinese RMB? And US constantly complains about that because artificially pegging a currency gives you advantage in trade with the US? In fact, Plaza Accord was all about this pegging?
You see, Japan does what it sees fit to it's economic interests, and keeps Yen pegged and devalued. This helps with exports while making imports more expensive.