cchiu23

cchiu23 t1_j0kzz35 wrote

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

>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

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cchiu23 t1_ixy4h97 wrote

Reply to comment by thesleepybol in TIL Singapore’s constitution requires the President to have experience as a minister - or as CEO of a large, profitable company. by ltdanhasnolegs

This ignores the fact that

  1. Signapore has abysmal press freedoms

Yes its not impossible for a single party to keep people happy but it sure is easier if people are generally afraid to criticize you without reprisal

https://rsf.org/en/country/singapore

  1. The ruling party uses (read: abuses) the legal system to crush credible opponents

https://www.hrw.org/news/2008/10/17/singapore-end-efforts-silence-opposition

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cchiu23 t1_iwylhcc wrote

Reply to comment by Taxington in Tuvalu starts to digitise their nation as rising seas threaten existence | Tuvalu said on Thursday that it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific nation by imrussellcrowe

The OP was talking about tuvalu still having maritime territory without land

The knights of malta don't control the coasts of malta

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