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And if they were gone South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Japan, the UAE, or the many other states that can only retain stability thanks to the US propping them up would probably rotate in to become the new naysayers. It pays to build 800 overseas bases and do like 500 regime change operations.
None of those are on the security council
true true
But the UK is. That's essentially a veto for the US.