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Re:O'Leary: Forced landing in Belarus was 'state-sponsored h... by KeNE3zuF on Monday May 24, 2021 @07:34AM (#27263170)
This is about might, not right. Both the US and Belarusian governments are obviously able and willing to kidnap people, that doesn't mean they have that right.

Sovereignty is likewise about might and not right. They are sovereign because they can do things like this. Anyone who can reliably do things like this in given area is sovereign, but that doesn't mean that anyone has the right to do things like this. Might does not make right.

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Re:O'Leary: Forced landing in Belarus was 'state-sponsored h... by throwaway21_ on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:03AM (#27263856)
A said 'right' in the sense that they are free to do it like any other state - Lukashenko isn't nice guy at all but he didn't do anything unusual here - shooting that plane down would be extraordinary, but forcing it to land isn't significantly different than crap that was brought down on Assange or Snowden.
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