Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', opposition says

Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by sofixa on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:24PM (#27258711)

What do you want them to do? Do you think people anywhere are willing to go to ( potentially nuclear ) war over Belarus? And even if there's a war, ans the "good guys" win, how does that guarantee that things will be better than before, and won't devolve into chaos and civil war, like they did in Iraq or Lybia?

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by EugeneOZ on Monday May 24, 2021 @02:35AM (#27261589)

I want them to freeze bank accounts and immovables of the Belarusian establishment, including the most powerful elites.

Look at Putin - doesn't matter what he does, his retinue does what they want. They are enjoying super-yachts, parking them without any issues in European ports, their kids are still “almost gods” and do whatever they want.

The western world gratefully takes the money from dictatorship regimes, and they don't give a shit where money comes from.

While it happens, dictators will not stop. As soon as dictators lose their establishment support, they’ll be overthrown.

All of the “sanctions” are so ridiculous, that it looks like these sanctions were made to calm down the own citizens, not to stop this devastating money flow.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by Arech on Monday May 24, 2021 @06:23AM (#27262762)

Thank you. This post should be pinned to the top.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by one2three4 on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:05AM (#27263867)

Agree 100%. You nailed it.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by achikin on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:09PM (#27259088)

Well they did a lot for Japan and Germany after WW2.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by whimsicalism on Monday May 24, 2021 @01:53PM (#27267538)

Frankly, and I rarely use this word, a stupid comparison.

You're not going to get a lot of people on your side suggesting we do to Belarus what we did to Japan.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by sofixa on Monday May 24, 2021 @08:00AM (#27263338)

That was over 70 years ago. Try finding a more recent example.

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