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Hiroshima marks a-bomb anniversary, calls nuclear deterrence "folly" (www.reuters.com)

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TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders' notion of nuclear deterrence a "folly".

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

NATO intervention in the Yugoslavian conflict was humanitarian only. They were criticised for not participating to stop massacres that they witnessed.

Civil wars would be a difficult one. They would probably have to enforce the right to self determination, but even then cases like Israel complicates even this.