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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia declared their intentions to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty today. Finland is apparently considering it as well.
The treaty is an agreement to not stockpile anti-personnel land mines. Currently, there are 160 countries that have signed on.
It's hard to blame them, but it's also a sign that the global order in coming apart more.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ty-nato-russia |
It was never a treaty that made much sense in the European context, especially for Finland. I was always against it and I hope our politicians stop collecting international brownie points over this.
The Ottawa treaty has been good for Africa, which is great, but their clusterclucks have nothing to with us. Our stockpiles aren't leaking to the international arms markets, and we're not fighting messy internal conflicts.
We have only ever had one potential enemy, and Russians have always been exactly the kind of enemy you want mines for. We also have kind of the perfect geography for anti-personnel mining, with the border being sparsely populated and full of forests where you can't really use vehicles.