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| Putin backs veto-less UNSC seat for India |
| 2004-12-04 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Putin like all Russian leaders is a hardcore realist who measures power strictly by what the Soviets used to call the "correlation of forces." He knows that the UNSC is powerless to constrain the US and powerless to deny him a free hand in the Russian near abroad. So this gambit will earn him great credit in the former fraternal socialist state of India, a nation that Russia very wisely is looking to develop strong ties with, while costing him absolutely nothing. Not brilliance; just common sense. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-12-04 9:54:35 PM |
| #4 I thought Putin's remarks were highly significant. He doesn't want the UNSC constraining future Russian actions. Adding more veto holders or removing vetos entirely both have the same effect, to dilute the power of the UNSC. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-12-04 4:00:51 PM |
| #3 Give vetoes to both India and Pakistan, but put them together in a separate room. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-12-04 3:06:10 PM |
| #2 Mmmm! Other reports are saying exactly the opposite to this Pakistani source. "If we go to the enlargement of the permanent seats of the Security Council, I am convinced that they should have the veto power," Putin was quoted as saying by Associated Press Television News. "Otherwise, it will be a one-sided reform of the United Nations." Putin said if there was no veto for the new members, all vetoes would have to go. "If we agree that future permanent members should not have veto power, the next step would be the abolition of veto power," he said. - Seattle Post |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-12-04 2:55:55 PM |
| #1 Let's up the ante, Veto Membership, won't have any affect except dilute the French Veto. Since we have no intention of being constrained by the UN anyway. Give one to Japan, Australia and Germany too. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-04 11:08:52 AM |