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gozur88 on March 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing

True. These are the countries that would have a de facto veto in any event due to military or economic power. Mostly military.

Tomte on March 19, 2016 [–]

France and Britain not really, that's only historic accident.

gozur88 on March 20, 2016 | [–]

France and the UK both have very powerful militaries, by world standards, and they have nuclear weapons.

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