Western governments’ abandonment of the very system of international law which they created was embodied in a tweet from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which sought to justify the illegal Israeli attack on Iran as “Targeted strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities”. The former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Authority, Mohamed ElBaradei, was […]
Honestly it is to be expected. “International law” really is an over statement. “A collection of treaties between nations that depends entirely on the politics of the time.” Is a mouthful but the most accurate definition.
As soon as the US disagrees with the rest of the world. One nation that spends more on it’s military then the rest of the world combined.
No other nation is really able or willing to challenge them on the subject. Even when the economic and soft power of the US is falling. As it clearly has been lately. There military power means any nation disagreeing with them. Will do so without much fanfare.
Add to that the amount of NATA equipment that is controlled by the US. Even though the UK has a huge number of it’s own military patients. The last 50 years has concentrated on US inferstructure to support our forces. As is most of NATO.
It is rather insane to think any western nation can act in a way opposed to the US opinion. Even when the US is unlikely to attack for it. They are very able to shut our forces effectiveness down. Let alone in situations like this were the US power structure is obsessively in support of Israel no matter what they do.
Now I want a cream pastry.
Grins. Typing on tablets is a pain. When you are visually impaired.
The lack of physical feelings to the keys makes mistakes absurdly common.
Some form of magnetically adaptable textured display surface is likely a decade or so away. If the commercial interests can be bothered to invest in such ideas.