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In the past I didn't really catch that the people were rebelling against the government and suddenly there is great violence against protestors.

I think I missed this completely. I am aware that the beginning was spiralling costs. Is this connected to international sanctions?

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[-] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 day ago

The UN doesn't have any particular claim to the word "international", except insofar as anything they do is international because the UN itself is international.

Other organisations, or even loosely affiliated groups of nations, can do international things because the word just means something like "between nations".

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

That's pure nonsense. There is only one version of international law and the UN is the only globally recognized organization to enforce it. These other organization are just unilateral tools of specific countries representing their interests. And sanctions such as the ones the west does against their adversaries are unilateral actions by these states.

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 day ago

i don't think they are arguing about international law, they are making an irrelevant and pedantic point about the meaning of the word international in general

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

good point

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Only enforcement there is is possible sanctions

And those are often only made by some of their members

UN is mostly there for all countries to have a place to talk

Its not the police

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

UN can absolutely impose sanctions, the actual problem is that the west is a bunch of rogue states that take unilateral action ignoring the UN.

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