• GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
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    So apparently the U.S. now recognizes the right of one nation to kidnap another nation’s head of state and their spouse. Maybe someone should put that bug in his ear.

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    Weak and cowardly.

    The current UK labor party doesn’t seem to have any concrete values or plans beyond censoring internet pornography.

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      Mu view of UK politics since stammer took over

      I trust con to do what they say o just dont like it

      I dont trust what lab will do what they say even if I like it

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    What I don’t understand is how anyone could listen to Trump complain about a Putin made claim that Ukraine attacked his residence and Trump was “mad” about it. Then Trump can turn around and say he attacked/abducted 2 leaders from another country and think it should be fine.

    What he actually just did is mark Mar-A-Lago and his other properties as being eligible targets in any retaliation that comes in the future.

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    Just read a German article where Merz said pretty much the same:

    "Nicolás Maduro led his country to ruin. The last election was falsified. We - like many other states in the world - therefore did not recognize the presidency. Maduro played a problematic role in the region, with unfortunate alliances worldwide and through Venezuela’s involvement in the drug business. The legal classification of the US operation is complex. We are taking our time on this. Basically, the principles of international law must apply in dealings between states. Now there must be no political instability in Venezuela It is important to ensure an orderly transition to a government legitimized by elections.”

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    Jesus Christ what happened to the men that ran up the beaches with my grandfather? What happened to Keep Calm and Carry On? What happened to the men, women and children that suffered the Blitz?

    The best thing Starmer can say is he’s the Chamberlain of our time. Chamberlain was trying to avoid another war, which was a sincere effort, but that’s the best comparison.

    The less charitable conclusion is that the Brits don’t have the minerals. In 39 they took on a gorilla because they were honoring an agreement with Poland. Today they can’t even say a disparaging word about a paedophile conman violating international law and threatening their erstwhile allies.

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    Whatever else you can say about Thatcher – and it’s a lot – she could at least speak her mind and stand her ground.

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    I am not well versed in history. The last time I studied it was in highschool, when I was 16, so the kind of analysis we were doing was quite broad and not very nuanced — most of our time was spent studying the run up to both world wars.

    However, the simplicity of the topics means I remember it quite well. In particular, the numerous failures of the League of Nations, before WW2. They had three powers: 1.) They could denounce a country and try to encourage peaceful resolutions; 2.) they could apply economic sanctions; 3.) military action.

    Military action never happened because the League of Nations didn’t have its own dedicated military force, and none of the countries who had the manpower necessary to take action wanted to commit troops so soon after WW1. Economic sanctions were useless, because none of the countries were willing to take the economic hit from apply sanctions to key things like steel and iron, and the US wasn’t even in the League, so any sanctioned country could just trade with the US. And moral condemnation didn’t work because obviously wagging your finger at an imperialist regime isn’t going to bother them when they know there will be no further actions.

    We are now not even at level 1. International law looks very different today than it did 100 years ago, but the more things change, the more they stay the same. Spineless world leaders are going to drag us all into another world war. Do they honestly think that it will work to placate Trump? What fucking idiots. I hope history remembers them with disdain.