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I love the Maldives but if they become a haven to escape sanctions, it could be taken in a few hours, confiscate the yachts, then return Maldives to their gover

I love the Maldives but if they become a haven to escape sanctions, it could be taken in a few hours, confiscate the yachts, then return Maldives to their government.

nickff 5y ago
You're suggesting invading a country to impose sanctions on individuals from a different country? This seems extreme and unjustified.
- notacoward 5y ago
  You mean like forcing down a plane going between two other countries because you wanted to arrest a journalist who was on it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Protasevich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Protasevich (Russia's puppet BTW)
  - unmole 5y ago
    No, violating a countries sovereignty is objectively worse than redirecting a plane flying in your airspace. And speaking of forcing a plane going between two countries to land try to make a political arrest, who did it first? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident
    - fmajid 5y ago
      And before that, there was the highly picaresque story of Abu Abbas, the mastermind of the Achille Lauro hijacking (and ensuing murder of American Jewish tourist Leon Klinghoffer). There are so many twists and turns in this story, involving diplomatic crises between the US, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and various Palestinian groups that it beggars belief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Lauro_hijacking#Interception_of_EgyptAir_jet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Lauro_hijacking#Interc...
    - rnk 5y ago
      mole, a bad action is still a bad action. I'm in the us and I can admit that bombing endless wedding parties in Afghanistan in an attempt to kill terrorist is wrong. That doesn't excuse russia from bombing hospitals in Ukraine.
      - unmole 5y ago
        > That doesn't excuse russia from bombing hospitals in Ukraine. What made you think I suggested anything of the sort? I'm sorry but your whole comment is a non sequitur.
- amelius 5y ago
  Maldives might cooperate if US and EU force them to choose sides.
  - thelittleone 5y ago
    Yes agree it might be possible, and that's the point here.
unmole 5y ago
So, your takeaway from the whole Ukraine episode is that it's perfectly fine for large countries to invade small countries for utterly farcical reasons? To restate your idea: You want to invade a country at peace, kill its citizens and overthrow its government just to inconvenience some rich thugs.
- newyankee 5y ago
  and by that logic all poor countries with rampant corruption should have legal protection if they attack Switzerland or any tax havens which do not share data. Off course, not possible in reality due to difference in the countries' powers. Ukraine has galvanized the Western world unlike any other event prior to it, however it is mostly because it is immediate, has visual impact and the impacted are similar in appearances.
- thelittleone 5y ago
  You refer to genocide as an "episode"?
  - unmole 5y ago
    episode: noun an event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence; an incident or period considered in isolation. Is there something in the above definition that preculudes it from being used to refer to a genocide? And a more pertinent question: Was there a point to you comment apart from the feigned indignation?

I love the Maldives but if they become a haven to escape sanctions, it could be taken in a few hours, confiscate the yachts, then return Maldives to their government.

nickff 5y ago

You're suggesting invading a country to impose sanctions on individuals from a different country? This seems extreme and unjustified.

notacoward 5y ago
You mean like forcing down a plane going between two other countries because you wanted to arrest a journalist who was on it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Protasevich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Protasevich (Russia's puppet BTW)
- unmole 5y ago
  No, violating a countries sovereignty is objectively worse than redirecting a plane flying in your airspace. And speaking of forcing a plane going between two countries to land try to make a political arrest, who did it first? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident
  - fmajid 5y ago
    And before that, there was the highly picaresque story of Abu Abbas, the mastermind of the Achille Lauro hijacking (and ensuing murder of American Jewish tourist Leon Klinghoffer). There are so many twists and turns in this story, involving diplomatic crises between the US, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and various Palestinian groups that it beggars belief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Lauro_hijacking#Interception_of_EgyptAir_jet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Lauro_hijacking#Interc...
  - rnk 5y ago
    mole, a bad action is still a bad action. I'm in the us and I can admit that bombing endless wedding parties in Afghanistan in an attempt to kill terrorist is wrong. That doesn't excuse russia from bombing hospitals in Ukraine.
    - unmole 5y ago
      > That doesn't excuse russia from bombing hospitals in Ukraine. What made you think I suggested anything of the sort? I'm sorry but your whole comment is a non sequitur.
amelius 5y ago
Maldives might cooperate if US and EU force them to choose sides.
- thelittleone 5y ago
  Yes agree it might be possible, and that's the point here.

unmole 5y ago

So, your takeaway from the whole Ukraine episode is that it's perfectly fine for large countries to invade small countries for utterly farcical reasons? To restate your idea: You want to invade a country at peace, kill its citizens and overthrow its government just to inconvenience some rich thugs.

newyankee 5y ago
and by that logic all poor countries with rampant corruption should have legal protection if they attack Switzerland or any tax havens which do not share data. Off course, not possible in reality due to difference in the countries' powers. Ukraine has galvanized the Western world unlike any other event prior to it, however it is mostly because it is immediate, has visual impact and the impacted are similar in appearances.
thelittleone 5y ago
You refer to genocide as an "episode"?
- unmole 5y ago
  episode: noun an event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence; an incident or period considered in isolation. Is there something in the above definition that preculudes it from being used to refer to a genocide? And a more pertinent question: Was there a point to you comment apart from the feigned indignation?