I genuinely don’t understand why people - here and elsewhere - are talking about international law like it’s a thing.
It’s gone. It’s dead. You may as well talk about implementing League of Nations resolutions, and whether X sqn member is in line for a civic decoration from the Kingdom of Prussia.
This is deluded old men, spivs and and unhinged Countesses in shabby hotel rooms in London and Paris sending out press releases declaring war and peace in the name of monarchies that haven’t existed for 30 years.
All there is is power. That’s it. Adjust, or die in a shabby hotel room wearing fantasy decorations and using titles made up on the back of a cornflakes packet, while the tanks roll down the street.
Can someone explain like I’m 5 how the US has gone to another country, kidnapped someone and the indicted them for breaking US laws in New York, despite this person having not been in the US?
The Americans almost always apply their laws to anyone regardless of location, given no due respect to national sovereignty unless it suits their interests. Sadly, this is far from new.
The US argues that Madura doesn’t enjoy the protections of a legitimate head of state as he lost the election to the Nobel peace prize winner.
As much as I like the idea of tin pot dictators not being able to hide behind Westphalia conventions, it’s a dangerous precedent considering the way certain people keep questioning Zelenskyy’s legitimacy.
