Collision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoErik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin Americatheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down16
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkErik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin Americatheintercept.comCollision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·edit-210 months agoTo give you a hint: He suggested that an international coalition should take over Afghanistan permanently for its natural resources, and install him as an overseer, preferably with the title Viceroy.
minus-squareRealFknNito@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoDepends on who is making the laws that day.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThe thing about sovereign nations is that “legality” just doesn’t apply. “Banned by treaty” is a better term, but points to the obvious flaw that a nation can just withdraw from them even if just ignoring it stops working.
To give you a hint: He suggested that an international coalition should take over Afghanistan permanently for its natural resources, and install him as an overseer, preferably with the title Viceroy.
“Is that… legal?”
“I will MAKE it legal.”
Very much no
Depends on who is making the laws that day.
The thing about sovereign nations is that “legality” just doesn’t apply.
“Banned by treaty” is a better term, but points to the obvious flaw that a nation can just withdraw from them even if just ignoring it stops working.