{"id":104970,"date":"2013-09-12T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T06:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=104970"},"modified":"2013-09-14T03:42:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T22:12:14","slug":"obamas-rogue-state-tramples-over-every-law-it-demands-others-uphold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/obamas-rogue-state-tramples-over-every-law-it-demands-others-uphold\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s Rogue State Tramples Over Every Law It Demands Others Uphold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 67 years the US has pursued its own interests at the expense of global justice \u2013 no wonder people are sceptical now, writes\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">George Monbiot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You\u00a0could almost pity these people. For 67 years successive US governments have resisted calls to reform the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Security_Council\">UN security council<\/a>. They&#8217;ve defended a system which grants five nations a veto over world affairs, reducing all others to impotent spectators. They have abused the powers and trust with which they have been vested. They have collaborated with the other four permanent members (the UK, Russia, China and France) in a colonial carve-up, through which these nations can pursue their own corrupt interests at the expense of peace and global justice.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2013\/sep\/09\/obama-rogue-state-tramples-every-law\">the Guardian<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/un-to-investigate-civilian-deaths-from-us-drone-strikes\/obama-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-57565\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57565\" title=\"obama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/obama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/obama.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/obama-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":57565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editors-choice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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