I’m OOTL; what happened with Direwolf20?
I’m OOTL; what happened with Direwolf20?
So it’s an exception to itself?
Given it’s called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I have my doubts.
However, there’s certainly the possibility of a similar mutual defense pact emerging in the Pacific, which includes NATO nations (read: the United States and Canada).
So I take it that’s why it’s Allemagne?
In their minds, it’s most likely the same baby.
There’s a certain weird honor in lighting the cigarette of the guy you just robbed. It’s kinda respectable.
They already tried other means (intl. arbitration) and China effectively told the Philippines and the tribunal to get bent.
If China didn’t want military escalation, they should’ve participated in the arbitration proceedings in 2013 and followed whatever ruling was handed down.
It’s also the world banking system for several billion people, and not a few hundred thousand gamblers.
I imagine that does undercut the excitement on some level.
Like, it’s an amazing achievement nonetheless, but like… the wind’s already gone. Sail’s empty.
I mean, the ICJ can’t exactly enforce a ceasefire - it’s a “you and what army” situation.
I mean, yes… but a handgun does the job just as well.
No, it’s technically correct because the math just doesn’t work in favor of third parties. That can change, but you have to put in a lot more effort than just voting at every opportunity.
paywall? what paywall?
"It’s only genocide if it was done in the Geneva region of the world; otherwise, it’s just sparkling ethnic cleansing. "
take that to !antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world, might get a good price for it
Well, slander tends to be fictitious, so its inverse would just be facts that paint someone in a positive light.
Do you believe, in any measure, that Biden would use the power the latest rulings give him?
Even if we assume he did, what would stop the current Supreme Court from just drawing a chalk outline around the exact thing he did, calling it unofficial, and then charging him anyway?
The ruling was made to empower Trump, and those that puppeteer him. No one else.