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  • You dont need an ICC warrant to arrest people suspected of war crimes. States have an obligation to investigate such crimes even without the ICC involved, when they have reason to believe someone inside their jurisdiction has committed such crimes. This is not limited to their own citizens but anyone inside their jurisdiction.

    Ironically the concept of universal jurisdiction also is a result of Israel abducting Adolf Eichmann in Argentinia and bringing him to Jerusalem for prosecuting his crimes as one of the key SS figures behind the Holocaust.


  • I would think that credible evidence of foreign agent activity can be prosecuted without infringing on the independence of the institution.

    Of course it is possible that an institution is beyond reproach, but i would find that unlikely for institutions just a decade old and probably started with anti-russian loyalists as the corruption to clear out back then was pro Russia focused corruption.

    So i think of this to be concerning as they probably uncovered some actual corruption of Zelensky or people close to Zelensky.






  • Again, i am not disputing Russian agression against Ukraine.

    I am talking about the Russia aggression being the result of Western violations of Russian security interests, which woukd have played out the same way if roles were reversed.

    In that sense Ukraine is also used by the West to fight with Russia for them, which is why most of the world perceives the war as a proxy war between Russia and NATO.

    This doesnt justify Russias actions in the legal or moral sense, but it is cynical to ignore that this war is also the result of our provocations and violations towards Russia.

    This brings us back to the starting point. Western arrogance and ignorance keeps bringing escalations all over the world.


  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–NATO_relations#Founding_Act

    In 1999, Russia condemned the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia,[54][55] which was done without a prior authorization by the United Nations Security Council, required by the international law.[56] For many in Moscow, a combination of NATO’s incorporation of Eastern Europe and its military attack on sovereign Yugoslavia exposed American promises of Russia’s inclusion into a new European security architecture as a deceit. Yeltsin’s critics said: ‘Belgrade today, Moscow tomorrow!’ [23]

    A drastic reversal in the US and NATO policy toward Russia occurred in December 2001. Most importantly, the US unilaterally withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia in 2001–2002, which was followed by the US signing bilateral agreements with Poland and Romania (with NATO support) to build ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems in their territories, against Russian wishes. Although none of these events depended on NATO enlargement - not even the agreement to build BMD sites in Romania and Poland, given that the United States also has bilateral BMD equipment arrangements with a wide variety of non-NATO members (including Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates) - this withdrawal was interpreted by the Russian political elite, and by many Western political scientists, as US exploitation of political and military weakness in Russia at the time, and led to the loss of Russia’s trust in America’s political intentions.[23]

    The US also called article 5 after 9/11 and the Afghanistan invasion was a “NATO and friends” mission. Also the Iraq invasion was done by various NATO members, even if it wasnt formally a NATO mission. However even countries not involved in the fightinf were provising logistics such as Germany.


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–NATO_relations#Founding_Act

    This is the broader context that needs to be considered. NATO violated the post cold war agreement, in particular by bombing Kosovo abd then stationing missiles in Poland. George Bush announcing full support for Ukraine and Georigia joining NATO was the red line for Russia.

    And lets be real. If the roles were reversed we would all say that after hostile actions in countries bordering the direct border countries, these direct border countries joining into the mix, would have been a red line for us too.

    If Russia had stationed missiles in Belarus and then Poland would have joined a Russia pact, things would have gone haywire. After all we love to complain about North Korean missiles, despite these being on the other side of the world.

    Just always ask yourself, how you would perceive a situation, if roles were reversed.




  • Cuba isnt the United states. If Cuba wants to station Soviet nuclear missiles that is their business. Noone wants to be associated with the US because they are happy to invade and murder you for wanting change.

    North Korea isn’t South Korea. If they want to develop nuclear weapons that is their business. Noone wants to be associated with the US because they are happy to invade and murder you for wanting change.

    Iran isn’t Israel. If they want to develop nuclear weapons that is their business. Noone wants to be associated with the US because they are happy to invade and murder you for wanting change.

    Do you agree? If not why not? Do you feel threatened by any of these? By your own logic you feeling threatened does not give you any right to impede on anyones business.

    In the same wake if you live in the EU you should appreciate Hungary in its sovereignity seeking closer ties with China.

    Problem is that disregarding that the people outside the West perceive the West differently and refuse to play by different rules, leads to more escalations all over the world.

    All militaries around the world think in similiar terms. The US and many NATO countries invaded and occupied Iraq and Afghanistan because of some abstract threat they associated with these countries, being on the other side of the globe pretty much. Yemen is kept being bombed to support Israel, despite ships not destined for Israel being able to pass.

    The US runs bases all around China to be able to militarily contain China.

    Taiwan is given as strategic goal to defend, despite both Taiwand and China claiming “one China” and are just disputing about who is the legitimate government of that One China. So in essencense it is a nation internal struggle, that no other nation should have any business in by your logic.

    If NATO is projecting power, other countries will do so too.



  • Buying foreign assets is devastating for the poor countries though as their capital and the capital returns are now in the hands of the already rich countries. And with assets like simple homes already out of reach, pushing down wages only makes things worse.

    No matter how you play it. If you want a single market with a single currency, you must put the effort to balance trade and strengthen the weaker economies. Otherwise it will become lopsided time and time again.