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Re:Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point... by ceejayoz on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @11:30AM (#30933230)
Agreements between superpower nations should probably be in writing.

Incidentally, if someone’s breaking agreements, it’s Russia. They wrote down an actual promise to not invade Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit...

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Re:Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point... by nopenopenopeno on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @08:38PM (#30939257)
That is a different question.
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Re:Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point... by ceejayoz on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @10:53PM (#30940114)
It's not.

"We thought the US Secretary of State could make a verbal binding agreement on behalf of all of NATO" is simply absurd. Treaties exist for a reason; hell, a verbal contract isn't legally valid in the US for a $1,000 purchase, let alone to commit 30 countries' foreign policy.

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