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Smart move. This shouldn't surprise anyone that makes a point of avoiding US prosecution and jail: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/07/huawei-cfo-accused-of-fra

by dade_ 8y ago

Smart move. This shouldn't surprise anyone that makes a point of avoiding US prosecution and jail: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/07/huawei-cfo-accused-of-fraud-faces-up-to-30-years-in-prison/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/07/huawei-cfo-accused-of-frau... https://www.bassberrygovcontrade.com/iran-sanction-violations/ https://www.bassberrygovcontrade.com/iran-sanction-violation...

jstanley 8y ago
Banning people because of the country they were born in is not "smart", it's abhorrent. That the US, supposedly the leader of the free world, is threatening prosecution and jail to those who want to treat everyone in the world equally, is a ludicrous state of affairs.
- castis 8y ago
  The US hasn't been the leader for a while now. I dont see it getting that title back for a long time.
  - MeltySmelty 8y ago
    We don't want to be the leader of anything. We're doing just fine, keep the trash out of this country. Europe will be re-entering the crusades while we're living the dream.
- InGodsName 8y ago
  Country is made up of its citizens. If a country does smth, citizens are punished. This has been case throughout the history. Alexander took the losing kingdom's citizen as slaves and American bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, again the citizens of Japan who were living there.
  - jstanley 8y ago
    So when were the citizens of the US punished for their government bombing Japan? EDIT: Also, in a different comment in this thread, you claim to be Iranian. Why are you defending sanctions against the country that you are from?
    - msla 8y ago
      > So when were the citizens of the US punished for their government bombing Japan? About the same time as Japanese citizens were punished for the Bataan Death March, the Rape of Nanking, and the Korean Comfort Women. Besides, since when is it appropriate to "punish" a country for winning a war in which it was aggressed against?
  - pjc50 8y ago
    "Collective punishment" of this form is a war crime under the Geneva conventions.
- dade_ 8y ago
  Trump has essentially declared that prosecution of US sanctions is now political: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-12/trump-says-he-d-intervene-in-huawei-cfo-s-case-for-trade-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-12/trump-say...

by dade_ 8y ago

jstanley 8y ago

Banning people because of the country they were born in is not "smart", it's abhorrent. That the US, supposedly the leader of the free world, is threatening prosecution and jail to those who want to treat everyone in the world equally, is a ludicrous state of affairs.

castis 8y ago
The US hasn't been the leader for a while now. I dont see it getting that title back for a long time.
- MeltySmelty 8y ago
  We don't want to be the leader of anything. We're doing just fine, keep the trash out of this country. Europe will be re-entering the crusades while we're living the dream.
InGodsName 8y ago
Country is made up of its citizens. If a country does smth, citizens are punished. This has been case throughout the history. Alexander took the losing kingdom's citizen as slaves and American bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, again the citizens of Japan who were living there.
- jstanley 8y ago
  So when were the citizens of the US punished for their government bombing Japan? EDIT: Also, in a different comment in this thread, you claim to be Iranian. Why are you defending sanctions against the country that you are from?
  - msla 8y ago
    > So when were the citizens of the US punished for their government bombing Japan? About the same time as Japanese citizens were punished for the Bataan Death March, the Rape of Nanking, and the Korean Comfort Women. Besides, since when is it appropriate to "punish" a country for winning a war in which it was aggressed against?
- pjc50 8y ago
  "Collective punishment" of this form is a war crime under the Geneva conventions.
dade_ 8y ago
Trump has essentially declared that prosecution of US sanctions is now political: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-12/trump-says-he-d-intervene-in-huawei-cfo-s-case-for-trade-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-12/trump-say...