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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by gdy on Friday June 28, 2019 @01:59PM (#20307070)
Who would attack Canada? Polar bears?
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by Macross8299 on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:06PM (#20310563)
You joke, but Canada has disputes with Russia over arctic territorial claims.
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by gdy on Saturday June 29, 2019 @05:45AM (#20311686)
And that dispute is being resolved [0] on the basis of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea [1].

Interestingly, this convention is signed and ratified basically by the whole world, but not by the US.

[0] https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2019/04/russia-scor...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_t...

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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by freeone3000 on Sunday June 30, 2019 @12:33PM (#20319003)
Russia's other recent international seizure was Crimea, which was for sure NOT done in accordance with the International Law of the Sea. Canada has, in fact, enacted sanctions against Russia. I posit that if Canada were a softer target, Russia would simply seize the territories, the way they did from the Ukraine.
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by gdy on Sunday June 30, 2019 @02:12PM (#20319554)
Look at the map, find Russia, see how large it is. Do you really think it needs more territory?
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