Asked whether New Zealand would be prepared to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, Christopher Luxon told RNZ that was something he "would be open to".

If there is an ongoing hot war you are not sending peacekeepers, you are sending mercenaries. If the war is over why do you need peacekeepers?

  • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The war in Ukraine has really been an eye-opener as to how many people don’t know the difference between is and ought.

    • BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzOP
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      1 day ago

      In international politics there is no is and ought.

      “The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must”.

      That’s Kissinger I think. This is the much vaunted judeo christian values and western culture people talk about so much.