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Just googling for:

France breaks international law https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181017-amnesty-france-vi...

Spain breaks international law: https://www.icj.org/spain-conviction-of-catalonian-leaders-v...

Poland breaks international law https://www.ecre.org/human-rights-organisations-poland-viola...

I don't think I need to search for any about USA, each of us remembers at least 5 from very recent history.

The very important difference being that these countries did not explicitly say: "We will break international law". You might think that's a technicality but in international law that's really an important distinction.

I mean I did explicitly say the West vs the West. And self-determination is definitely a special case so none of these apply.

Again, the US vs the West?

I'd be surprised if its never happened. But the ensuing uproar is part of the politics - It's an extra hurdle for countries in a political maneuver. And a broadly positive hurdle.

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