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The bigger problem here is that the West is no longer capable of committing to sacrifices in order to squeeze despots like Luka and geopolitical hooligans like
by papito 5y ago
The bigger problem here is that the West is no longer capable of committing to sacrifices in order to squeeze despots like Luka and geopolitical hooligans like Putin, because they are sitting on resources. God forbid local business interests are hurt.
Some of it is just straight up bribery. Selfishness is taking over basic patriotism. Not the toxic kind, I mean, basic, like knowing which team you are on, at least.
And the more minor part of it is, of course, the terminal condition of not wanting to "disturb the peace". Fine, then, they will do it FOR you, and they will control the situation.
- Dolores12 5y agoLet me remind you who is real hooligan here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident
- papito 5y agoEven the entry you cite talks about Assange deliberately leaking false info about Snowden onboard. Either way, this is rather poor whataboutism. Landing a diplomatic plane is not threatening to shoot down a loaded civilian jet in order to arrest and most likely now murder a political opponent.
- Dolores12 5y agoWow, little bit easier. Shoot down the plane? Murder a political opponent? I won't really comment that nonsense. As for Evo Moralez incident, the head of the State and its stuff has diplomatic immunity. Even if the plane is packed with snowdens and assanges you can NOT touch it.
- papito 5y agoSo, the two wrongs make it right.