Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices Above Cap

Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by FpUser on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:05AM (#35422837)

>"If there would be no punishment for disrespecting international law, the chaos would come."

The list of "disrespecting international law" is pretty big. The list of punishment is way shorter and highly selective.

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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by st4lz on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:48AM (#35423508)

Could you please list any other war of conquest with that much casualties, armour usage and refugee issue in Europe?

And what punishment are we talking about, voluntary economical sanctions? Those numbers of atrocities, stealing children, mass graves - I still can't understand how the international response is so mild.

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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by bigbillheck on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:56AM (#35423614)

> in Europe?

This is an interesting little bit on the end of that question.

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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by xyzzyz on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:40AM (#35424379)

Also note “of conquest”: presumably, if the purpose of Russian invasion was to just hang Zelensky and institute a regime change with government sympathizing with Russia, and not to annex any territory, that would have been OK too.

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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by st4lz on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:11AM (#35423867)

Why is that?

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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by FpUser on Monday April 03, 2023 @12:38PM (#35426903)

What is so special about Europe?

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