Burner Prime wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 12:38 pm
> Pick your propaganda.
> Many like to use the term "illegal annexation" when talking about
> Russia taking control of Crimea. Really no one can define what
> legal and illegal is anyway, or they do it as it suits their
> argument. If some Third World court makes 'legal' decisions based
> on existing law, such as detentions in Myanmar, China, Iran or
> anywhere really - Westerners simply dismiss the legitimacy of that
> court. That's very easy to do and is a cheap way out.
> What was legal about US invasion of Iraq, or Afghanistan? How
> about Lebanon, Grenada, Korea? What was legal about the annexation
> of Hawaii or the total invasion of North America? Sure you can get
> a bunch of suits together and declare some causus belli, but that
> is just an excuse. 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' - clutch your
> pearls and choose your propaganda as it suits you. What world
> court decided based on some international law agreed to by all
> parties? Who is subject to such a global court? Well no one
> really.
> A perfect example is this World News article - they are some of
> the best propagandists - talking about how Israel is pushing for
> more settlements in the West Bank. Here's the good stuff:
> ... "Israel annexed the 1,200-square-kilometre (460-square-mile)
> Golan Heights in 1981, a move that was not recognised by the
> international community. Syria demands the return of the strategic
> plateau, which also overlooks Lebanon and borders Jordan." ...
>
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/artic ... an-heights
> Pick your propaganda. They don't call it: "The 'illegal annexation
> of Golan Heights' - for centuries inhabited by Arabs...", like
> Neocons do about Crimea and Tatars.
> But if some suits like Trump or Blinken legitimize it, it's all
> good right? Pick your propaganda.
> It's all about security, and anyone who dismisses Russia's
> security concerns over the Black Sea and Ukraine is just choosing
> their propaganda.
> You could easily exchange words in the article to describe events
> in Eastern Europe:
> "Israel [Russia] annexed the 1,200-square-kilometre
> (460-square-mile) Golan Heights [Crimea] in 1981 [2014], a move
> that was not recognised by the international community. " HAHA
> this is fun right?
> "Israel [United States] annexed the 1,200-square-kilometre
> (460-square-mile) Golan Heights [Hawaii] in 1981 [1898], a move
> that was not recognised by the international community. " HAHA, we
> could do this all day.
> How about this directly from the US Dept of State website about
> the annexation of Hawaii and deposing of a native born queen.
> " When Queen Liliuokalani moved to establish a stronger monarchy,
> Americans under the leadership of Samuel Dole deposed her in
> 1893."
>
https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/gp/17661.htm
> They don't even try to hide it, they know what they did was
> heinous and "illegal", but after enough time goes by, the
> legitimacy grows as the status is secured. That's what's going to
> happen with Crimea and maybe parts of Eastern Ukraine. You can get
> your panties in a bunch and hot and bothered like psychopath
> Neo-con Senator Roger Wicker, calling for a nuclear first strike
> on Russia over Ukraine, and choke on the ashes.
>
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tulsi-gab ... aine-putin
> It's not a football game.