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Ukraine doesn't have a right to decide what treaties they it joins?
by adamnemecek 5y ago
Ukraine doesn't have a right to decide what treaties they it joins?
- kstenerud 5y agoTechnically, they do. In reality, they don't. The Ukraine isn't one of the big boys on the playground, so anything they do needs the OK of the big boys.
- adamnemecek 5y agoWhat opinion is this? Why do you hold it?
- kstenerud 5y agoIt's just the way of things. The only way to keep aggressors at bay is to project power, which is why every nation has police forces to ensure order. But there's no world police force, so nations must make do in other ways. And so the more powerful nations decide on the rules that all must in theory follow, and they also decide when they themselves can break those rules. It's why so many nations want their own nukes. The "big boys" involved in the Ukrainian issue are America, Russia, and Germany. Germany is still too timid to act (owing to the war), and America and Russia still have ideological cold warriors in their government apparatus.