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zorbasd

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80. International law is toothlessly pathetic

Reply to vapor2 (Reply #76)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 10:00 PM

Jan 3

can never be enforced if big powers become pirates, look at Russia, and now the US, so yeah, just a ruse.

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