Randahl FinkMar 10

What right will we have to criticize Putin if he kills Ukrainian president Zelenskyy?

From a legal standpoint, the US has illegally killed the leader of Iran in an illegal war which our leaders are not even criticizing. They are just accepting that the US takes out a leader they do not like, thereby destabilizing a nation of 93 million people.

International law does not allow this, but if we do not uphold international law, what boundaries do we have left to limit dictators like Putin?

Show threadtuban_muzuruMar 10

@randahl

I hesitate to be Reply Guy - but GRU has made dozens of attempts on his life.

Show threadPeter van Heusden (he/him) πŸ—ΏMar 10
@tuban_muzuru @randahl of course they have. The OPs point is that that, and of course kidnapping, are now legitimate actions according to the USA interpretation of international law. There is a lot of this that isn't new: Lumumba and Allende come to mind, but the OPs point is that Trump has resolutely dumped the USA back into that pattern, inviting Putin's Russia to act like the USSR did with Hafizullah Amin and claim *equivalence*.
Show threadtuban_muzuruMar 10

@pvanheus @randahl

It may be time for us all to quit with the pretense - not after they just murdered 30,000 of their own citizens.

Show threadRussell πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‰

@tuban_muzuru @pvanheus @randahl

Who murdered 30,000 of their own citizens?

Mar 10 at 10:42amWeb