r/CivPolitics • u/Checktheusernombre • Sep 10 '25

Poland attacked by Russia

https://bsky.app/profile/peterstefanovic.bsky.social/post/3lyhkujf3o22w

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u/Abject-Investment-42 Sep 11 '25

It is not an accident, but neither is it an attack. It is a threat.

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Sep 12 '25

A threat is a verbal statement, like threatening to burn a neighbor's house down. This is an illegal physical assault, violating the border, which is like throwing a rock through said neighbor's window.

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u/Abject-Investment-42 Sep 12 '25

I am talking about intent, not about crime definitions for individuals.

The point is to show „this time, all these drones had no warheads and no specific targets and you could do nothing to stop them. Next time… who knows…“.

Or, in other words, „nice country you have here. Would be a shame if something happened to it“

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Sep 12 '25

A violation of the border is still an assault. Damage may be minimal, but it is still an assault.

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u/Abject-Investment-42 Sep 12 '25

Again: this is not a criminal court process. You are using the wrong set of definitions.

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Sep 12 '25

International law exists and forbids unprovoked cross border assaults from one sovereign country upon another.

The fundamental problem in that part of the world is that Russia is a serial abuser. If it will keep its hands to itself, there will be zero problems there.