schizoidman@lemm.ee to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agoBaltics, Poland to exit anti-personnel mine ban conventionwww.lrt.ltexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkBaltics, Poland to exit anti-personnel mine ban conventionwww.lrt.ltschizoidman@lemm.ee to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·3 days agoI mean we don’t really need these kind of contracts if we only join in peace times and get out as soon as there are tensions.
minus-squareHotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 days agoSuch agreements work if you have neighbors who are committed to human rights and the international law. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
minus-squarefederal reverse@feddit.orgMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat argument is only true if anti-personnel mines are an actual requirement for success. Which I doubt.
minus-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoDon’t get me wrong, I didn’t want to judge the step by Poland, but to question the meaning of these treaties at all.
I mean we don’t really need these kind of contracts if we only join in peace times and get out as soon as there are tensions.
Such agreements work if you have neighbors who are committed to human rights and the international law. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
That argument is only true if anti-personnel mines are an actual requirement for success. Which I doubt.
Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t want to judge the step by Poland, but to question the meaning of these treaties at all.