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originally posted by: Freeborn
a reply to: TheMisguidedAngel
AND had the US not supplied all the weapons the death toll would have been 2% of those on both sides and would have been long over......
And Russian forces would now be in complete control of Ukraine and Putin would be eying up his next conquest - Baltic States, Moldova, Poland?
Would you be happy with that?
originally posted by: KnowItAllKnowNothin
a reply to: DISBOLD
A lot of folks drink some of their own urine, and some even loop-it ( Drink all of it. )
Dortorish Amandha Vollmer, Allegedly Dave, astronaut trainees, and most serious survivalists.
Old tradesmen used to pee on their hands every day or two, to help the healing and cracking.
In Japan they collect pee from the bathrooms, and make medicine with it.
If you've ever used a cream with urea, well, that's made from pee.
It doesn't tase good, but it's not the end of the world.
Drink-up !
originally posted by: Degradation33
a reply to: DISBOLD
I don't mean to be a total heartless bitch, but maybe Putin shouldn't have invaded a country because they didn't want to be Russia's puppet state? And more Russians than Navalny could grow the intestinal fortitude that stand up to their Vietnam. But are too afraid.
Shows the difference in standard of Freedom.
Following the work of Lemkin, the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1951 defined genocide as ANY of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such (2):
A. Killing members of the group;
B. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
C. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
D. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
E. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
If a member of the United Nations Security Council witnesses a country engaging in ethnic cleansing, they are obligated to bring the matter to the attention of the Security Council and push for action to stop the atrocities. However, direct military intervention by an individual member state without authorization from the Security Council would generally be considered a violation of international law.
Here are the key points to understand:
1. The UN Security Council is responsible for maintaining international peace and security. Its primary role is to identify threats and authorize collective action.
2. Under the UN Charter, the use of force by member states is prohibited unless it is in self-defense or authorized by the Security Council. Unilateral intervention without UNSC approval, even for humanitarian reasons, is legally questionable.
3. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, endorsed by the UN in 2005, states that the international community has a responsibility to intervene when a state fails to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. However, R2P still requires Security Council authorization for military action.
4. In practice, political considerations and the veto power of the five permanent members (US, UK, France, Russia, China) often hamper the Security Council's ability to respond decisively to atrocities.
5. In extreme cases where the UNSC fails to act, some argue that unauthorized humanitarian intervention may be morally justified, but it remains legally controversial.
So in summary, while a Security Council member has a strong moral duty to raise the alarm and push for collective action to halt ethnic cleansing, international law does not permit them to unilaterally intervene militarily without UNSC authorization, barring exceptional circumstances. The situation highlights the ongoing tensions and debates around humanitarian intervention, state sovereignty, and the international legal order.
3. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, endorsed by the UN in 2005, states that the international community has a responsibility to intervene when a state fails to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. However, R2P still requires Security Council authorization for military action.
4. In practice, political considerations and the veto power of the five permanent members (US, UK, France, Russia, China) often hamper the Security Council's ability to respond decisively to atrocities.
They fail to mention the actual fact as to WHY Russia invaded Ukraine. Which was Ukraine trying to murder the residents of the Donbas region and surrounding regions where Russia invaded. the residents who are of majority Russian descent. It's called ethnic cleansing.
originally posted by: budzprime69
a reply to: DaRAGE
Ahh you talking about the paid russian separatist implanted to sew decent using family members divided from the fall of the USSR.
Yes and thank you for the history lesson.
Aside from the fact that the orange revolution shows how incorrect you are.
History is friend, now go learn it.
Some people are so focused on the now that they forget or ignore the setting that was layer out before the now.
And you sir are a direct result of that.
originally posted by: TheMisguidedAngel
AND had the US not supplied all the weapons the death toll would have been 2% of those on both sides and would have been long over and a distant memory but alas the US continues to send more weapons, ammunition and $$ so the death toll will Continue rising on both sides
Girkin admitted responsibility for sparking the Donbas War in eastern Ukraine when, in April 2014, he led a group of armed Russian militants who seized Sloviansk.[5] His role in the siege gained him influence and attention, and he was appointed to the position of Minister of Defense in the Donetsk People's Republic, a puppet state of Russia.[4][6] Girkin was charged with terrorism by Ukrainian authorities.[7] He has also been sanctioned by the European Union, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Canada and Switzerland for his leading role in the war in eastern Ukraine.[8][9]
Igor Girkin
The war in Donbas,[c] or Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began 12 April 2014, when a fifty-man commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast.[20][21][22][23] The Ukrainian military launched an operation against them.[24][25] It continued until it was subsumed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.[26][full citation needed]
War in Donbas
Girkin, who is also known by his nom de guerre Igor Strelkov, is an ex-officer of the Federal Security Service, or FSB. He played a role in Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014 and then served as a commander in Russian-controlled areas of Donbas in eastern Ukraine, where he helped foment a separatist war and was accused of extrajudicial killings.
Russia arrests Igor Girkin, ex-security officer who led operations in Ukraine