Mastodawn

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?

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kit

@randahl None at all. Not that he hasn't been trying.

At this point we have lost the right to criticise the state sponsored killing of any Western leader bar Spain, and possibly Switzerland. I'd generally give Ireland a bye, too.

You know, I'm comfortable with that, though I can imagine the outcry (and the dance of blame shifting) should it actually happen.

To be clear, I am not calling for it, but we do absolutely deserve it.