submitted 4 days ago by BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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If there is an ongoing hot war you are not sending peacekeepers, you are sending mercenaries. If the war is over why do you need peacekeepers?

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[-] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 days ago

In international politics there is no is and ought.

"The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must".

That's Kissinger I think. This is the much vaunted judeo christian values and western culture people talk about so much.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, that's my point.

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