• Gsus4@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Maybe it’s true, maybe it isn’t, once you’ve invaded a territory it’s hard to assess, but it’s a fact that they violated Ukraine’s borders to add to their territory twice now.

    International law matters here, because stealing parts of other countries unilaterally leads us back to 1914: you sacrifice the peasantry and treasury, but the “nation” gains territory for the history books, this influences military calculus so that wars become more likely if the trend catches on.

    You are not free to speak your mind in russia and the government has not earned a reputation for telling the truth at any point since 2014.

    • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      International law matters here

      Only EXTREMELY selectively

      Because you don’t think international law matters when your side breaks multiple international treaties

      You don’t think international law matters when your side is committing genocide.

      You only think it matters when the guys who stole Hillary’s election (they didn’t) are the bad guys on CNN

      It only matters when someone you call an enemy reacts to all of your international law breaking

      You don’t give a shit about international law. It’s just convenient ammo to argue for what you want sometimes.