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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by netsharc on Thursday May 12, 2022 @08:03AM (#31352731)
Geez, I'm on Ukraine's side, but "It's in this document so we have no option but to do it" is not a valid argument. For what reason is it in the constitution, when did it get in, then you can make a substantive argument.

What next, should I write "the bank has to give me $1M" on a piece of paper and show it to the bank teller?

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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by myko on Thursday May 12, 2022 @05:45PM (#31360516)
I'm sorry but your analogy does not hold.

The document states that the government is to work towards joining NATO. The document in question happens to be law in Ukraine. If they don't work that direction they're breaking the law. If Ukrainian's don't like that they can amend their constitution, but it is unfair to post what I replied to without recognizing the fact that this is a legal duty of government officials of Ukraine.

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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by bandyaboot on Thursday May 12, 2022 @09:29AM (#31353857)
> What next, should I write "the bank has to give me $1M" on a piece of paper and show it to the bank teller?

That might be a reasonable analogy if the constitution declared that they must be a NATO member—-asserting that it can obligate an outside entity into taking a particular action. But, it does not do that.

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