• shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
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    9 days ago

    Here’s the rub - the UN charter doesn’t have a seperate set of rules for countries you don’t think are civilized. That’s not how international law works.

    We either try to have a rules based international order or we don’t. Without it, we sow the seeds for nuclear proliferation and great power / law of the jungle politics.

    • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialOP
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      9 days ago

      Right now Trump is aligned with Iran, China, and Russia in attempting to dismantle the rules-based order.

      Europe, S Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada, Mexico largely trying to preserve what they can