PipMar 3

NATO will not join US–Israel campaign, Rutte says

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NATO will not join US–Israel campaign, Rutte says - feddit.org

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Show threadHubiMar 3
Well duh, it’s a defensive alliance.
Show threadFlordaManMar 3
Tell that to the people of yugoslavia in 1999
Show threadyucanduMar 3
I did, they were in my class growing up in Canada, they said thanks. Have you talked to any of those people who fled that genocide?
Show threadFlordaManMar 3
Not my point at all. I did in no way said it was unjustified or unjust. I was just saying it was offensive and thus contradicted what the original comment said.
Show threadCanadaPlusMar 3
You know, I don’t actually know how that unfolded. Was it NATO itself, or just all the NATO members? I kind of assumed it was like Iraq.
Show threadohulancutashMar 4
It was NATO itself, operating under a UN mandate.
Show threadAqarius
What UN mandate? They explicitly didn’t have one, because China and Russia would block it.
Mar 4 at 10:34amWeb
Show threadohulancutashMar 4
NATO was enforcing S/RES/1199, which demanded the end of action which affected civilians and end military action.
Show threadAqariusMar 4
S/RES/1199 doesn’t authorize any kind of enforcement. It makes demands of a ceasefire, endorses observers, and threatens to “consider further action”, but doesn’t actually give any mandate for anything.