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Thoughts About Stuff's avatar

Good article.

“The dispute over Hong Kong has been resolved – we lost. We can learn from that episode that treaties with states are only as binding insofar as the other party is willing and able to enforce it. We aren’t, and our only choice left is for us to move on.”

—Why doesn't this apply to the Ukraine? And why should we enforce the Budapest Memorandum against Russia when we and our allies have violated it against Belarus for years?

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Think Or Swim's avatar

Good luck landing a plane on Pitcairn!

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