From the perspective of a layman, isn't this bullying? Don't we suppose to have the UN where nations.. unite?

some_random 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, refusing to trade with an adversary nation isn't bullying.

reillyse 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's been established many times in this thread that the US is not just refusing to trade but 1) Forcing trading partners to also not trade 2) Physically boarding and seizing ships that are attempting to go to the island with cargos of oil. Yet you just keep repeating the stuff about it being just about not trading with the US.

	▲	akramachamarei 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		On the contrary, this statement about force and boarding has been repeated and also countered numerous times. For one, I've yet to see the "forced" claim elaborated. Leveraging retaliatory tariffs is not an act of force--that is the only "force" action I've seen mentioned so far. Furthermore, the boarding and seizing has been credibly described as a police action to enforce false flag laws, i.e. maritime impersonation.

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nso 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Punishing others for trading with another nation is bullying.

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mrguyorama 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The UN was designed to not bind the powerful nations. That's the point of the security council.

Granted, little weird Russia kept a seat when the USSR broke up.

Sure, they will work hard to be a real place for mediation between small countries and unimportant parties, but they will veto anything against their interests.