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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerica gets to ignore international borders for military/humanitarian missions but Russia must not?
What is up with that? Logical minds want to know.
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America gets to ignore international borders for military/humanitarian missions but Russia must not? (Original Post)
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
OP
America annexed all of Central America, by proxy, some forget that. Oh, and Cuba.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#9
two wrongs dont make a right. we are not right to ignore laws and invade countries for resources
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
#6
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)1. Because when the US invades a sovereign nation it's for righteous reasons
broiles
(1,370 posts)2. Fred, I find myself agreeing with you more and more.
I click on your posts when I see your name. Keep them up.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)3. Epic fail
Sigh... cute try, though.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)4. When the US invades and annexes Baja this
thread will constitute intelligent discussion.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)5. I think you hit upon the crux.
While it's wrong of us to ignore national sovereignty, at least we aren't doing it in order to simply annex territory and take over our neighbouring countries piecemeal. Putin is trying to be a weaselier, smarter Hitler.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)8. Yeah, it's the difference between colonialism and neocolonialism.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)9. America annexed all of Central America, by proxy, some forget that. Oh, and Cuba.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)6. two wrongs dont make a right. we are not right to ignore laws and invade countries for resources
nor are the russians right to ignore laws and annex nations.
hack89
(39,171 posts)7. Russia is invading for the purpose of annexing territory
Epic fail.