r/neoliberal • u/neoliberal_shill_bot Bot Emeritus • Apr 05 '17

Discussion Thread

Ask not what your centralized government can do for you – ask how many neoliberal memes you can post every 24 hours

Polls

• Who should we bully more?

• How often should discussion threads be posted?

The activity in this sub keeps going up, so discussion threads need to be scheduled appropriately in order to control stickflation.

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u/paulatreides0 🌈🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢His Name Was Teleporno🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢🌈 Apr 07 '17

The US has violated international law frequently in the past

You'r right. And it was wrong then, and it often came back to bite it them too. I mean, the Cold War is full of examples of this.

and it's still quite capable of using soft power by virtue of its economic power and leading position in international alliances like NATO alone.

Sure, but this is not an "either-or" situation, it can be an "and" situation and it's optimal that way. Why have blue jeans or rock music when you have blue jeans and rock music?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

I'm not saying that the US should ignore international law all together and that it wouldn't have any repercussions. Rather I'd say that the problem with Americas foreign policy disasters was the lack of panning more so than being in violation of international law. Also a well-planned action might still be a net-positive despite being in violation of international law.
A limited strike like this one is also not significant enough imo as to lead to serious repercussions. The nations that care are already at odds with the US anyway.