rubywpnmaster t1_j0kr5uj wrote on December 17, 2022 at 11:40 AM

Reply to comment by sector3011 in Angelina Jolie bows out as envoy for U.N. refugee agency by Worldly_Pirate_9817

And yet the UN has never declared the war illegal. Funny how that works.

You also have to keep in mind public sentiment of the UN at that time was pretty low. And the arguments that the invasion was legal are not completely without merit either.

cchiu23 t1_j0kzz35 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 1:24 PM

>And the arguments that the invasion was legal are not completely without merit either.

Citation needed

Also the UN hasn't done that with the russian invasion either (pretty sure there isn't really a legal mechanism to declar a war "illegal)

>And yet the UN has never declared the war illegal. Funny how that works.

That's the perk of being the most powerful country that the OP mentioned

inconspiciousdude t1_j0lkagy wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:13 PM

>Citation needed

"I am the law" (Dredd et. al, 2134).

rubywpnmaster t1_j0n43y1 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 10:46 PM

I mean you make light of it but that’s basically how it works. The person with the most military and economic power basically has the ability to do just that.