• Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml
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      Sovereignty of a nation

      Donetsk and Luhansk Republics

      ethnic group’s right not to be genocided by their neighbor

      Ethnic Russians in Ukraine

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        @brain_in_a_box @Rakonat

        I cannot agree with this statement.

        Consider how many genocides have occurred since the 1948 convention and its ratification in 1951. Now consider that three have been legally recognised – and led to trials – under the convention:

        Rwanda in 1994, Bosnia (and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre), and Cambodia under the 1975-9 Pol Pot regime.

        Israel will have its day to atone for its behavior. They have become what they despise.

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      Also, even if it wasnt a war of extermination:

      Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for protection. Do you think anyone else is going to be dumb enough to do that in the future?

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        I am pro-Ukrainian in this conflict, but this is untrue. Point to the specific wording in the accord that supports what you’re saying, if you can.

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          I’ve never read it directly, just seen this referenced, but I remember seeing something about it in a textbook (or something? That kind of paper), and an anti nuclear friend of the family holding Ukraine up as an example back in like the 90s.