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Collective punishment is against the laws of war and the UN charter. My preferred resolution would be NATO backing off and agreeing to Ukraine as a neutral buff
by tehjoker 5y ago
Collective punishment is against the laws of war and the UN charter. My preferred resolution would be NATO backing off and agreeing to Ukraine as a neutral buffer state with Russia withdrawing troops.
The American foreign policy instinct is always for unrelenting brutality.
- Jcowell 5y agoYes YOUR preferred resolution The people of Ukraine however would probably approve of the sanctions as the ongoing conflict persists.
- eganist 5y ago> Collective punishment is against the laws of war and the UN charter. There's nuance that you're missing (e.g UN not empowered to sanction war crimes by a veto-power state), and your broad interpretation doesn't align with accepted practice. A relevant analysis: https://www.epw.in/engage/article/do-sanctions-violate-international-law https://www.epw.in/engage/article/do-sanctions-violate-inter...
- dragonwriter 5y ago> UN not empowered to sanction war crimes by a veto-power state The UN has had a structure for dealing with veto-power obstructionism since 1950. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_377 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assem...