Defence minister announces move as ‘we have no reason to think Russia will change its behaviour’
    • @vitaminka@lemmy.ml
      1•2 years ago

      The only use of a military in those countries was protection of the people, and the protection of socialism from outside threats.

      i’m just glad that this is a very concrete stance that definitely will not and never has been bent to absurdity to justify wars 🤗

        • @vitaminka@lemmy.ml
          1•2 years ago

          that’s admirable, (if you sideline the fact that US isn’t a terribly high bar to overcome in terms of non-involvement in military conflict) but that’s not my point

          just because one’s goals happen to be “good” or “bad” doesn’t change the fact that mandatory military service is a violation of human rights; the precursor, justification, consequences, economic system, surrounding rhetoric are not relevant, because we’re discussing the semantics of “violation of human rights”, not whether its consequences lead to more or less peaceful outcomes