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[-] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 5 months ago

I don't know what they're waiting for honestly. Europe needs to start feeling some pain. There are too many mindless racists enjoying this war and thinking they could crush Russia without breaking a sweat.

[-] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is a genuine question because your comment got me thinking: does Russia even have just-cause to attack Europe (jus ad bellum)? I’m worried that if they attacked now that there wouldn’t be enough reason to do so and then it would escalate even further.

[-] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 5 months ago

Under the rules of war, Russia has a right to strike targets where weapons are being manufactured for use against them, and where recruits are trained for use against them. There are also facilities that are operated by Western military personel, in Poland and in Western Ukraine, which relay satellite reconaissance information to the Ukrainians so they can make strikes with drones and Western missiles. Those facilities and satellites are also legitimate targets.

These are the same justifications that the US was using for drone striking Pakistan, Iran and other neighbouring countries while occupying Iraq and Afghanistan.

The fact that the Russians have been so patient and reluctant to strike at these targets shows how serious they take the danger of nuclear war. But the West keeps doing what it's doing because they like to pretend that this way, they don't seem to be at war with Russia, and they don't stop, because they think Russia is bluffing when.

[-] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Thank you for the explanation, this makes sense. So under international law Russia does have just cause to attack countries who are supplying Ukraine with weapons and intelligence, thats interesting because I have a feeling that if Russia did do that then the international judicial system would throw a fit…

[-] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah. They just called a meeting at the UN to discuss Western countries helping Ukraine to strike Russia's territory. I suspect they'll start taking action after that.

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