Of course it did. But no one is enforcing the rules, so the US does whatever it wants.
NewsboyHank on
Given the contempt Trump has for the UN, I doubt he cares.
I_Never_Use_Slash_S on
I guess the international law police are going to show up and arrest Trump any minute now.
PresentationUnited43 on
LOL, they paraded Maduro around NYC like Roman Triumph Vercingetorix style. They don’t give a shit, lease of all Trumph who says the only thing the UN does is write a letter and never follows it up.
Dreadedvegas on
International law is not real law.
randobis on
I think the biggest impact of this extraction is it’s a huge embarrassment for China. Venezuela deployed Chinese air defence systems and they were proven completely inadequate against the US military. We are talking 100% failure.
Internationally the message is now China defense systems look great in the brochure but are useless against the US.
A lot of people are saying this gave China the green light to move on Taiwan but I guarantee they are in no way confident to do that now seeing how superior US tech is.
poop-machine on
Thank goodness we have the UN to issue such statements and resolutions that change absolutely nothing.
GoingInNaked on
We should change the name to League of Nations
christian_l33 on
A law is only worth as much as its ability to be enforced.
eternalmortal on
Being hegemon has its privileges. The voice of the UN is powerful only when it has the implied backing of the hegemon. When the UN opposes it, everyone knows it has no effect.
Kingdarkshadow on
Yes and? US won’t care, ever…
Beefjerkey93 on
Okay, let’s see you enforce it
Mammalanimal on
What are they going to do, leave a bad yelp review?
Cheeky_Star on
They ain’t going to do shit about it.
Few-Ability-7312 on
The UN is as useless as its predecessor
Goldtacto on
Thats a pretty hard paywall lol.
Elusive_Zergling on
So?
no_choice99 on
What Maduro did for his country is so horrible that his whereabouts should not matter.
Hopefully what comes next is a return to prosperity for most Venezuelans.
Darkone539 on
Duh.
Can’t do shit though. Us will veto it.
Captlard on
Doesn’t make a difference if not enforced.
LeftLane4PassingOnly on
So is the punishment like a parking ticket or some equivalent? Maybe a timeout? Go to bed early with no dinner?
karduar on
Laws only matter when they are enforced.
Aggravating_Card8619 on
It’s rich that the UN suddenly cares about the rights of Venezuelans after ignoring the crisis and humanitarian situation there for decades.
Yeah let’s just let them torture, exploit, and starve people another 10 years. We wouldn’t want to break any international laws and violate maduro’s right to kill his own people.
sunbro2000 on
The UN is basically the league of nations now.
beholdtheflesh on
“There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it”
Or in this case, there is no such thing as “international law,” only power.
IrefusetoturnVPNoff on
The law’s meaningless without enforcement. It is just words.
If nobody is able to enforce a punishment that costs the criminal more than they got from committing the crime, the law is literally worthless.
GreatGojira on
Great. What are you going to do about it?
naughtyjono on
Surprised anyone still thinks the UN is relevant, they can’t actually do anything if the 5 permanent members on the security council that are ideologically opposed have veto power it’s just a debate club
PepeSylvia11 on
Violating laws have consequences.
Psych-Nurse5446 on
And so what will they do other than wag a finger?
KebabAnnhilator on
Don’t worry, we shall respond by monitoring closely
RetroTheGameBro on
Obviously, but who’s going to take the regime to task for what they’ve done? Hopefully there’s some sanctions or something coming, which will suck, but it’s the only thing the fat idiot and his sycophants might listen to.
Imo, it’s going to come down to America needing to vote anti-Trump hard in the midterms and having those responsible impeached and criminally charged by the new representatives, but odds are they’re scheming to delay/ruin all that so we might just be screwed.
LukeD1992 on
And just like Forrest Gump, all they have to add is: “And that’s all i have to say about that.”
-Morsmordre- on
Useless words
toastmannn on
This is why America doesn’t recognize the ICC and probably soon the UN.
fuckshitpoopdick on
FUCKING DO SOMETHING
Bandit_Raider on
Name something more useless than international law
Common-Ad6470 on
Anyone with half a brain knew this Sunday, but the point is *what* exactly is the UN going to do about it bar the usual ‘hard stare’…🤔
anon9276366637010 on
What about the russian annexation of crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine?
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Of course it did. But no one is enforcing the rules, so the US does whatever it wants.
Given the contempt Trump has for the UN, I doubt he cares.
I guess the international law police are going to show up and arrest Trump any minute now.
LOL, they paraded Maduro around NYC like Roman Triumph Vercingetorix style. They don’t give a shit, lease of all Trumph who says the only thing the UN does is write a letter and never follows it up.
International law is not real law.
I think the biggest impact of this extraction is it’s a huge embarrassment for China. Venezuela deployed Chinese air defence systems and they were proven completely inadequate against the US military. We are talking 100% failure.
Internationally the message is now China defense systems look great in the brochure but are useless against the US.
A lot of people are saying this gave China the green light to move on Taiwan but I guarantee they are in no way confident to do that now seeing how superior US tech is.
Thank goodness we have the UN to issue such statements and resolutions that change absolutely nothing.
We should change the name to League of Nations
A law is only worth as much as its ability to be enforced.
Being hegemon has its privileges. The voice of the UN is powerful only when it has the implied backing of the hegemon. When the UN opposes it, everyone knows it has no effect.
Yes and? US won’t care, ever…
Okay, let’s see you enforce it
What are they going to do, leave a bad yelp review?
They ain’t going to do shit about it.
The UN is as useless as its predecessor
Thats a pretty hard paywall lol.
So?
What Maduro did for his country is so horrible that his whereabouts should not matter.
Hopefully what comes next is a return to prosperity for most Venezuelans.
Duh.
Can’t do shit though. Us will veto it.
Doesn’t make a difference if not enforced.
So is the punishment like a parking ticket or some equivalent? Maybe a timeout? Go to bed early with no dinner?
Laws only matter when they are enforced.
It’s rich that the UN suddenly cares about the rights of Venezuelans after ignoring the crisis and humanitarian situation there for decades.
Yeah let’s just let them torture, exploit, and starve people another 10 years. We wouldn’t want to break any international laws and violate maduro’s right to kill his own people.
The UN is basically the league of nations now.
“There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it”
Or in this case, there is no such thing as “international law,” only power.
The law’s meaningless without enforcement. It is just words.
If nobody is able to enforce a punishment that costs the criminal more than they got from committing the crime, the law is literally worthless.
Great. What are you going to do about it?
Surprised anyone still thinks the UN is relevant, they can’t actually do anything if the 5 permanent members on the security council that are ideologically opposed have veto power it’s just a debate club
Violating laws have consequences.
And so what will they do other than wag a finger?
Don’t worry, we shall respond by monitoring closely
Obviously, but who’s going to take the regime to task for what they’ve done? Hopefully there’s some sanctions or something coming, which will suck, but it’s the only thing the fat idiot and his sycophants might listen to.
Imo, it’s going to come down to America needing to vote anti-Trump hard in the midterms and having those responsible impeached and criminally charged by the new representatives, but odds are they’re scheming to delay/ruin all that so we might just be screwed.
And just like Forrest Gump, all they have to add is: “And that’s all i have to say about that.”
Useless words
This is why America doesn’t recognize the ICC and probably soon the UN.
FUCKING DO SOMETHING
Name something more useless than international law
Anyone with half a brain knew this Sunday, but the point is *what* exactly is the UN going to do about it bar the usual ‘hard stare’…🤔
What about the russian annexation of crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine?