tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post2360397398053068270..comments2024-03-27T19:00:02.499-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Just a few things wrong with the TPP: An invasion of America by law rather than by troopsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-47195301751276674842015-11-08T11:09:40.441-05:002015-11-08T11:09:40.441-05:00Lessons learned from WWII. No need for war before ...Lessons learned from WWII. No need for war before the surrender treaty. At the worst, regime change to get the right signatories as in 1963 domestically, or Iran 1953. On the other side of the argument, Putin and the Allies defend the Westphalian nation state system and the UN preference for democratic legitimacy. The nazis were constrained by public opinion to promise short wars, e.g. victory in Russia in 6 weeks. In 1943 when Germany was losing badly Himmler took over suppressing dissent. The US has no popularly imposed time limit on wars, similarly for the eventual replacement of the Constitution by treaty deals.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com