this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
48 points (98.0% liked)

Aotearoa / New Zealand

1656 readers
5 users here now

Kia ora and welcome to !newzealand, a place to share and discuss anything about Aotearoa in general

Rules:

FAQ ~ NZ Community List ~ Join Matrix chatroom

 

Banner image by Bernard Spragg

Got an idea for next month's banner?

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Ilovethebomb 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes of course they are reasonable.

Sanctions in response to an investigation into the origins and spread of Covid are, in your mind, no less valid than, for example, sanctioning Russia over their invasion of Ukraine?

[–] BalpeenHammer 1 points 1 year ago

Sanctions in response to an investigation into the origins and spread of Covid are, in your mind, no less valid than, for example, sanctioning Russia over their invasion of Ukraine?

Yes the reason is the same. Hurt your enemies, benefit yourself. That's geopolitics. That's the same reason we sanction other countries. We want to hurt them and we want to benefit ourselves.

BTW the sanctions on Iraq were because some Saudis flew into a building in NY.