RE: THE WAR — Defining the Battlefield
Hi @lighteye ... I rarely comment on political posts even though I follow the political landscape. (Only because it effects/affects/infects our world)
Trump is destroying UN and International Law just as Hitler and Mussolini did it
I'm not so sure that 'UN and International law' has worked very well for our people over the last few decades, as 'supposedly' intended when it has not served for the betterment of the people. Do not the hidden and public figures who enslave the masses, ignore those rules anyway?
As far as treaties go...each side always seem to secretly circumvent the agreement, snickering at the other...
I am an advocate for 'peace'...NOT...war...The anger over the atrocities of the past like what occurred in the former Yugoslavia tugs at my heart to this day. In those years, I had many friends here of Serbian, Croatian, and from Kosovo etc., descent with loved ones there.
Anyway...I can certainly understand your anger over recent developments. My intent is not to diminish your concerns. Regards.
As a retired lawyer I am perfectly aware that International law is functioning only in the frames of geopolitical interests in certain periods of time, @angryman. And I am also perfectly aware that UN is functioning only as a debate club. But while you have a dialogue at the debate club, you don’t have a war. Trump started to destroy all the dialogue points. Do you see where it leads?
BTW, “inefficiency” of the League of Nations was the exact justification that Axis powers used to destroy its influence. You have a famous story: During the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, when the League accused Italian soldiers of targeting Red Cross medical tents, Benito Mussolini responded that "the League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out."
Yes, but you do not accuse the other side without naming concrete example of non-compliance. We didn’t hear a single argument to accusations in withdrawal from ABM or INF. Nothing. Or, for example, Iranian Nuclear Deal. It was a multilateral agreement, all other signatory states said Iran is in compliance, all the missions in Iran have confirmed Iran is strictly in compliance, and Trump destroyed it in spite of everything.
Paris agreement on climate change? Not a single argument, but Trump refused it despite his Administration in a report has confirmed climate changes!
I know, my dear @angryman. Nobody in a sane mind would advocate war.
It’s not an anger. I’m simply listing the events which are telling me what is going to come. Every generation in the Balkans has its own war. I know what I have to do and warning everybody else to the developments. Unfortunately, mindlessness at the top of the Western countries has taken over.
My mistake in judging your tone...It is difficult sometimes to determine ones emotional state 'not' being able to hear the 'voice'; another frustrating thing about blogs and text messages for me at times.
Cheers