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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

The US sub not picking up the sailors after sinking the ship does seem like a straight up warcrime.

I am done giving the US any leeway with the way they have been acting. Department of War, lethality, and the rest of their garbage.

Oh, I am right there with you. Fuck the US.

But I just like randomly flinging around words like "illegal" in the sense of "things I don't like". If we do not require ourselves to make sure what we say is true, then soon we will be no better than them.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    I see where you are coming from, but it is clear that everything the US has been doing lately is illegal and I am not a lawyer so I don't risk anything by calling it as I see it.

    Cuba, Iran, Ecuador, Yemen, and Venezuela have done nothing wrong and the US is clearly an illegal aggressor. They haven't even produced any justification other than sound-bite propaganda.

    Also, absolutely insane to be threatening Canada, Mexico, and Greenland with invasion. Truly the US has positioned itself very similarly like Germany did during the start of WWII.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    I am not a lawyer so I don’t risk anything by calling it as I see it.

    So from a moral perspective, that is not how it works. Saying you knowingly know less than other people does not give you a moral license to say more...

    You could just call it "evil" instead of "illegal", and I would have no objection. Why do you insist on the word "illegal"?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Oh, what I meant is I don't have a professional law degree to be threatened by making a legal statement such as "that is an illegal activity".

    I have studied human rights for most of my life and I can definitely say what the US has done is illegal. You don't have to take my word for it though.

    https://theconversation.com/3-ways-us-actions-in-venezuela-violated-international-law-273066

    https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/legal-experts-underscore-illegality-of-u-s-boat-strikes-at-inter-american-commission-on-human-rights-hearing

    https://www.factcheck.org/2026/03/legality-of-latest-iran-attack-in-question/

    There is a reason the US refuses to participate in the ICC.

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