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Geneva convention seems to be working very well in the Middle East and Russia.

Russian used a nerve agent in London and not much happened. They’ve also annexed part of a sovereign nation in Europe. The last time that happened WWII started. They likely provided chemical agents or technical know how to Syria. The Saudis do whatever they please.

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Ukraine is not part of Europe. They have a trade agreement with the European Union.

Still, there was much more pushback against Russia before Trump took office. Sanctions hurt their economy and Russia was forced to sell from their gold reserves to defend large dips in the ruble's value.

"Ukraine is not part of Europe."

Ukraine is 100% part of Europe, as per any conceivable map or definition of Europe.

The Ukraine is not an EU member country.

i don't disagree, except the cw stuff. the US breaks the conventions too (eg waterboarding) but they're still there for a reason. many people, mostly elderly or critically ill, would die in the event of a power grid being shut down. it is effectively indistinguishable from terrorism.

Your points are very valid. The US should absolutely be held accountable.

Smarter and more experienced people than me need to draw the lines.

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