What was the Security Council votes calling for a secession of the bombing? About 8-2 with one abstention or something like that. That's what the poster when he said "effectively" -- of course, the U.S., French, and British votes were golden veto ballots, and the motion could have never won, just as a U.S. motion to support the bombing would have been vetoed by Russia and China. I think US was right not even to ask, so embarrassing to ask and be vetoed and then have to do it anyway.
You may recall that the UN intervention in Korea was a fluke. The USSR was boycotting the Security Council, and this permitted approval and support of the US intervention. Later, when Russia came back, it was unable to reverse the intervention, and the General Assembly passed the Uniting for Peace resolution that effectively bypassed the Security Council. |
