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American Hypocrisy (lemmy.zip)
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Our long history of violating international law continues...

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[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Piracy - independent actors, not state sponsored.

Privateering - independent actors, state sponsored.

Act of war - state actors, state sponsored.

Going rogue - state actors, not state sponsored.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Mao Tse-Tung: Hey, we're officially a state actor now, because we control the state of China.

Entire Western world: NO YOU FUCKING DON'T! IT DOESN'T COUNT UNLESS I SAY IT DOES!

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Sanctions are in the toolkit right next to war. The difference is with sanctions you don't kill anyone.