• 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    nothing in the treaty forbade it.

    "I'm not legally prohibited from doing this" is rarely a good argument

        • SwampYankee@mander.xyz
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          1 year ago

          Well, no. No I'm not. I was just lazily pointing out that "Russia threw a series of temper tantrums so we should appease them" isn't a good argument either. My argument at least has the weight of a legally binding treaty behind it. As far as Ukraine goes, both powers were meddling there; Russia lost the game. That doesn't give them the right to invade, that was a choice that Putin made. He could have just as easily accepted that he's a loser, and tens of thousands OF HIS OWN PEOPLE would still be alive, not to mention Ukrainians.

          • PandaBearGreen [they/them]
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            1 year ago

            Sooo... Your take is Putin should except he lost a game he wasn't playing? Really just a juvenile take. How often does a larger country go 'OH well let's just let this smaller former part of our country fuck with us.' ? Live in reality.