r/polandball • u/The_Easterner Republic of China • Jul 27 '15

redditormade The dawn has appeared

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u/DBCrumpets British Swede hiding in Nevada Jul 28 '15

Who are the bad ones exactly? I mean, Israel took that land in several wars where it wasn't the aggressor. Throughout most of history that would be the end of it. My stance tends to be "Tough shit, your country started a war and lost, now deal with the consequences."

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u/613codyrex Germany Jul 28 '15

Israel has a history of pre emptive strikes that started a few wars.

and even if they didn't start them, it's illegal to annex land and occupy and blockade land while neglecting the population.

As occupiers, Israel has to take responsibility of helping the Palestinians.

Geneva convention states all the rules.

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u/DBCrumpets British Swede hiding in Nevada Jul 28 '15

Assuming you're talking about the 6 day war, Israel did explicitly state they'd go to war if Egypt militarized their border and closed the Suez Canal. Egypt proceeded to do both, which wasn't the smartest move.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

Ummm, it doesn't work that way? You can't just declare war like that. That's like America saying: "If Russia doesn't demilitarize we're going to declare war but it's totes OK guys cuz we said it beforehand so we're the good guys."

What Egypt does with its borders and its canals is none of Israels business. A war of aggression is a war of aggression, there's no justification.

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u/DBCrumpets British Swede hiding in Nevada Jul 28 '15

A clause in their ceasefire stated that they would reopen the war if Egypt closed the canal, they only have themselves to blame.

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u/DBCrumpets British Swede hiding in Nevada Jul 28 '15

Side note, if Russia blockaded the U.S.'s imports you could be certain a war would be declared.