International recognition in line with the principles of customary international law as codified in the Montivedeo Convention make right, but that's not very snappy.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -1 points 3 months ago (9 children)

No, you said:

I would simply win the civil war instead of losing

Which indicates quite clearly that you believe military power should decide whether a nation has the right to independence. You don't get to try to deflect that ex post facto. You either admit that this is what you genuinely believe in spite of its obvious morality problem, or you admit that you were wrong to make such a statement and acknowledge that your ideas about national independence need changing.

[–] frippa@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

The United states used military power to defeat the slavers in the south(and to get their independence in the first place), and the allies used military power to crush nazi Germany and their fascist allies. Not every use of military force is unwarranted or "immoral"

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