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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by Riverheart on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:40AM (#19928374)
Nobody said it was a perfect system. It can be abused, especially when legal precedents haven't been set, but there are also means to challenge the legitimacy of such decisions.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by thefounder on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:28AM (#19928805)
>> but there are also means to challenge the legitimacy of such decisions.

And how did that work? (i.e for the Iraq invasion/Afganistan).

"international law matters only when it is aligned with US national interests"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/15/mike-pompeo-...

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