(February 26, 2022 at 2:31 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: No, international does not apply to existential necessities of any power, not just the great powers. only relative strength, negotiation, horse trading and war applies.
sorry to burst your bubble, but when someone brings up international law in circumstances where a major power’s core existential interests are really threatened, there are two possible reasons:
1. he is naive delusional fool
2. he has no interest whatsoever in really solving the problem and doesn’t mind if there is war
It is not might makes right. It is necessities of survival makes right. Don’t get in people’s way if he is going there to ensure his own survival, unless you think you can kill him.
We have a vague notion that as the lone superpower we can kill anyone, even though we did rather badly when put to the test. so we got in Russia’s way to keep Ukraine out of NATO, now we are apoplectic because russia failed to keel over and die.
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