Russia and Ukraine

[Deesse23]

International law overreaches itself it it thinks it could second guess actions to meet genuine necessities of a major power trying to preserve its existent ability to pursue independent foreign policy,   just as criminal law would overreach itself it it criminalizes gravity for pulling people to their deaths.

You just equivocated a force of nature (gravity) with the "necessities of a major power".
Let that sink in....

But thanks for making clear that you think international law does not apply to "major powers". But why all this back and forth just to admit that you think "might makes right"?