Reuters: Alexander Stubb wants the Russian Federation to be expelled from the UN Security Council Yle Novyny
September 20, 2024
Reuters: Alexander Stubb wants the Russian Federation to be expelled from the UN Security Council Yle Novyny
by parandroidfinn
5 comments
Russia: veto
Don’t we all
Who doesn’t?
There is zero reason for Russia to still be on the council. None, nada. They are an utterly untrustworthy aggressor nation, about one step up from Taliban controlled Afghanistan.
I know we’re all tired of Russia’s nuclear bluff. But that is the reason the UN Security Council exists, and the reason Russia will never be expelled. It’s no coincidence that the permanent members are all nuclear powers. Expelling Russia from the Security defeats the purpose of the Security Council.
Russia (Soviet Union) has been committing atrocities for the entire 80 years it has been a member of Security Council, and never once, throughout the entire cold war, when the US considered the USSR an existential threat, did it attempt to expel the USSR from the security council.
We can make the legal case that Russia isn’t the Soviet Union, but in practical terms the distinction doesn’t matter.
5 comments
Russia: veto
Don’t we all
Who doesn’t?
There is zero reason for Russia to still be on the council. None, nada. They are an utterly untrustworthy aggressor nation, about one step up from Taliban controlled Afghanistan.
I know we’re all tired of Russia’s nuclear bluff. But that is the reason the UN Security Council exists, and the reason Russia will never be expelled. It’s no coincidence that the permanent members are all nuclear powers. Expelling Russia from the Security defeats the purpose of the Security Council.
Russia (Soviet Union) has been committing atrocities for the entire 80 years it has been a member of Security Council, and never once, throughout the entire cold war, when the US considered the USSR an existential threat, did it attempt to expel the USSR from the security council.
We can make the legal case that Russia isn’t the Soviet Union, but in practical terms the distinction doesn’t matter.