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minus-squarePhotonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoIt’s not just about Putin. It’s also about the precedent you create by letting Russia go Scot-free. What’s going to stop him from rebuilding his army and doing it again if there are no consequences? What message does it convey to other bad actors?
minus-squareAMoralNihilist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWe don’t force enough bad actors to pay reparations. And war criminals get off scot free as long as they’re from a certain set of nations. I also agree 100%, and this post is not meant to be a whataboutism. Just because some criminals get away with it doesn’t mean others should.
minus-squarePhotonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThat precedent has already been set decades ago, unfortunately. We do need to address that one too, but that is going to be a much harder challenge. But in the meantime, let’s not set any new ones. The world is in a poor enough state as it is.
minus-squarepanthera_@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 day agoThere are consequences. He loses all the land he took in the 2022 invasion. The European Alliance will stop future invasions.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoWhat about Taiwan and Cuba? If Russia has basically no externally enforced consequences, China and the US will start looking at their backyards a little differently
It’s not just about Putin. It’s also about the precedent you create by letting Russia go Scot-free.
What’s going to stop him from rebuilding his army and doing it again if there are no consequences? What message does it convey to other bad actors?
We don’t force enough bad actors to pay reparations. And war criminals get off scot free as long as they’re from a certain set of nations.
I also agree 100%, and this post is not meant to be a whataboutism. Just because some criminals get away with it doesn’t mean others should.
That precedent has already been set decades ago, unfortunately. We do need to address that one too, but that is going to be a much harder challenge.
But in the meantime, let’s not set any new ones. The world is in a poor enough state as it is.
There are consequences. He loses all the land he took in the 2022 invasion. The European Alliance will stop future invasions.
What about Taiwan and Cuba? If Russia has basically no externally enforced consequences, China and the US will start looking at their backyards a little differently