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Old 08-11-2022, 12:23   #2043
jfman
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Makes you wonder why Russia signed up to it if they intended to invade Ukraine a couple of years after they signed up to it…

Pretty sure it’s not "emotive" to think that Russia shouldn’t invade another country, then commit war crimes…

"Self determination" - invading a Region with Russian troops, mercenaries, and apparatchiks doesn’t come under any definition* of "self determination" I can find…

*my bad - it comes under the "Russian excuse for invading" definition
As if to prove my point thanks for demonstrating your inability to view the dispute through anything other than a western lens. The straw man of a Russian invasion - something I offered no opinion on at all - used to excuse Ukraine from any responsibility to its own international obligations. Thus further entrenching both sides.
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