Pro Palestine protests in London

[Highway Man]

Can you have a war against a country you have already defeated, invaded, occupied and annexed?

Of course you can

 

[fillyboy]

Can you have a war against a country you have already defeated, invaded, occupied and annexed?

If they're still fighting and killing yours, yes, of course, it would be insane not to.

 

[King Billy]

...Vietnam it’s not so easy because there is not a lot (?) of essential infrastructure as such
...

You appear to be well imnformed about Vietnam.
Perhaps you could make your own YouTube video about Vietnam.

 

[King Billy]

If they're still fighting and killing yours, yes, of course, it would be insane not to.

An occupier has extensive responsibilities.

An occupying power holds extensive responsibilities toward an occupied territory and its population under International Humanitarian Law (IHL), primarily governed by the 1907 Hague Regulations and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 (GCIV). The fundamental principle is that occupation is temporary and does not transfer sovereignty; therefore, the occupier acts as an administrator, not an owner, and must protect the local population while managing the territory for their benefit.
2. Protection of the Civilian Population
Civilians must be treated humanely and their rights, beliefs, and customs respected. Forcible transfers or deportations of the occupied population are prohibited, as is transferring the occupier's own population into the territory. The occupier must also ensure the welfare and education of children.

3. Provision of Essential Services
The occupying power must ensure the population has adequate food, medical supplies, and public health services. If local resources are insufficient, they must import necessary supplies and facilitate relief schemes.

4. Property and Economic Management
Private property is protected from confiscation. Public property must be managed like a usufruct, preserving its value for the local population. Natural resources should also be managed for the benefit of the local population.

etc.....

Occupation

Under IHL, there is occupation when a state exercises an unconsented-to effective control over a territory to which it has no sovereign title.

www.icrc.org

 

[Odds]

After decades of documenting state terror, I know how it starts. Governments begin to use words like security, order, deterrence. Every excuse for Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct in Gaza is framed as “security”. ICE agents are trained in a language of order in which violence becomes procedure. What happens when democratic states adopt the methods of the regimes they once condemned? Terror is not only masked men and arbitrary detention. It also operates through fear. Policies are designed to make people more compliant, more submissive. As the historian Timothy Snyder warned in his 2017 book, On Tyranny, this is how societies slide into danger: people obey in advance.

Janine di Giovanni @ the Guardian

 

[JohnD]

If they're still fighting and killing yours, yes, of course, it would be insane not to.

So you say Palestinians would be insane not to have a war against Israel.

Interesting.

 

[morqthana]

As the historian Timothy Snyder warned in his 2017 book, On Tyranny, this is how societies slide into danger: people obey in advance.

It Can't Happen Here - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Vinty]

You appear to be well imnformed about Vietnam.
Perhaps you could make your own YouTube video about Vietnam.

Vietnam was backward under French colonial rule.
The Vietnamese only started to modernise when they threw the French and Americans out.

 

[ellal]

Vietnam was backward under French colonial rule.
The Vietnamese only started modernise when they threw the French and Americans out.

I've traveled extensively in Asia, and in my experience the only country to have gone backwards since the removal of colonial/imperialist occupations is Myanmar (or Burma as it was when I was there).

 

[King Billy]

Vietnam was backward under French colonial rule.
The Vietnamese only started modernise when they threw the French and Americans out.

Vietnam's farming is abreast with current technology.

Vietnam’s Young Farmers Fly High with XAG Agricultural Drones​

Across Vietnam, a generation of digitally fluent farmers is embracing technology to bring fresh life to rural communities. Among the tools reshaping their fields are agricultural drones developed by XAG, which help save labor, boost yields, and create promising careers for young people returning home.

https://www.xa.com/en/news/application/vietnam-pilot

Maybe Highway Man might be tempted to use his Redundancy Money to invest in Agricultural Drone use.

 

[ellal]

Maybe Highway Man might be tempted to use his Redundancy Money to invest in Agricultural Drone use.

They even save lives from floods in Vietnam with drones...

Over here there's only highway robbery man and his 'cherry picker'