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2014-03-16 Europe

Top Ukrainian court declares referendum "unconstitutional"

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Posted by Fred 2014-03-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 ..can someone tell me where in the progression towards armed conflict lawfare enters.?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-03-16 01:03|| 2014-03-16 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 The lawfare habits, Uncle, the lawfare habits.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-03-16 03:23|| 2014-03-16 03:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Nothing like an invader holding a gun to your head telling you to vote for or against the invader.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-16 10:56|| 2014-03-16 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Lawfare, or more appropriately justification for war, is as old as western civilization (not saying all civilization, just what I am most familiar with.

Let's go back to the Second Punic War. Carthage was turning into a thorn on Rome's west. There were those who called for war, not only as a check vs. Carthage but also as an opportunity to expand into Sicily. There were those who were against war, noting that by the potential capture of Sicily the grain produced there would compete with native farmers. There were similar issues going on in Carthage, perhaps fueled by the political calculation that war with Rome would solidify the power of the Barkar family, already given loose rules to occupy and improve Hispania.

It all came down to a dispute in a small Spanish town and the legal interpretation of the treaty which ended the First Punic War.

More recently would be the legel interpretations of treaties and obligations which led to the alliances in WWI.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-03-16 12:03|| 2014-03-16 12:03|| Front Page Top

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