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A lot of "punishing" of the west would need to be done in order for that to mean something and the anti-imperialist forces do not appear to be both militarily strong enough and unified enough politically, in order to do such a thing - at least, not without triggering some kind of hot war WW3 scenario that forces countries to pick sides.
Ok, then you're saying China doesn't care about and isn't bound by international law because the bad guys aren't doing it. Hardly a robust position, comrade. Look at Yemen. They're upholding international law. One of the only ones to do anything about it. Is little Yemen more powerful than China, or are they just more bullish on humanity? "Critical support" means support with criticism. This thread lacks that criticism, imo.
"International Law" is about as real as Scotland's national animal.
IL is an excuse for Western empires to topple any regime they want. Pretending it's anything more than that is as delusional as believing we can beat fascism by voting.
That would be a fine argument if you also conceded that China doesn't agree, at least publicly.
What exactly are they supposed to say?
"International law is fake - we do what we want."
Yeah, that looks like good PR for sure. 🙄
Do the good thing. North Korea can do it. Yemen can do it. Cuba can do it. China doesn't get a pass from me just because you think it would hurt their PR (to do something that would make them heroes on the global stage! You think sanctioning Israel would hurt their PR? Or did you forget the topic of itnernational law that I'm talking about? Reminder: It's the fucking genocide convention that you're saying they aren't obligated to enact.).