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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Sure, but they should do it properly e.g. officially rescind these agreements (I'm sure there's a process for that).

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Why?

Maintaining "decorum" is the entire reason we're in this mess to begin with.

You give these asshats an inch, they run a mile with it and demand to know why you didn't let them run 10 miles since you already let them run one mile.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I don't care about "these asshats" but I really don't want my governments to engage in a diplomatic race to the bottom or to start disregarding their own agreements willy nilly, it's just not a good precedent. Also an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind and all that. I understand that might be easy for me to say from a somewhat outside perspective but really, nothing good will come from doing this kind of stupid shit, we need to keep our heads high, respect the rules we agreed on and generally make sure we keep everything kosher, that's the only long term play and the only way we can maintain trust from the rest of our allies. Otherwise we're just like them.

Besides I'm not saying "roll over and take it", rescinding the agreements is a much stronger move than an isolated (and illegal) refusal at the border.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That was President Biden's choice of path to take. Look where it got us.

Denmark needs to tear up those agreements, because they will be trampled on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Right, I think we agree on what needs to be done, I just want it to be done for real, at the diplomatic level, not an isolated move by a random border patrol agent.

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