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> mostly due to the cost of funding the defense of the illegal war in Ukraine What is a "legal" war supposed to be?

• jltsiren 1y ago
  War is illegal under the international law for all UN member states. The main exceptions are self defense or when authorized by the UN Security Council. Of course, nobody really cares about that.
  • r_lee 1y ago
    Was the idea here that because the UN declares that war is illegal, that no country will do war anymore? I mean, wtf.
    • pjc50 1y ago
      After WW1 and WW2 and with the threat of nuclear war, people were willing to try any amount of talking as a less horrific option.
• randunel 1y ago
  A war would be legal when the _casus belli_ leading up to it would be a non-military action. For example, Egypt might have casus belli if Sudan stopped the Nile's flow, a non military action with significant impact.