US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

I mentioned no "treaty".

Ireland, however, has an agreement with that allows military aircraft to land and refuel at Shannon, with strict conditions. Of importance is that the aircraft involved carry no munitions, nor are they to be used in an active war situation.

This is already an illegal war whether you support it or not. Threatening to destroy their entire power grid starting with the biggest is simply terrorising the civilian population. Look at all threats and demented sh it he has said. If this isn’t a war crime I don’t know what is, it’s all about collective punishment with him.

And regarding Russia

On 24 June 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian politician and former defense minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian army general Valery Gerasimov. Shoigu and Gerasimov are accused of missile attacks on civilian targets, including power plants.

Your problem is pretty simple. Anyone who do not agree with you is "other side" in your rather simplistic narrow view.

I think talking about Iran thus having a legitimate right to attack Ireland is a pretty perverse view all the same.

At present they have no legitimate right to do so. However, if they had intel that showed that aircraft landing at Shannon were on route to active ops against them, that would change and they would have legitimacy, as would any other country.

In any case, we are in no danger of being attacked by Iran.

As to international law merely being a "nice concept", it's abandonment leaves the world in a much, much, worse place. We really do ignore the niceties of international law at our peril.

My reply was about certain contexts regarding the situation in 1939 with the Graf Spee and it's seeking temporary refuge in Montevideo and how it didn't apply to the situation we have in Shannon.

I have made no attempt to elaborate about the "definitions, rights and duties of neutral powers".

The point I was making was that using the example of the Graf Spee with the situation that presents itself today regarding our particular arrangements is a non-starter.

The Graf Spee was given a brief amount of time to stop at a neutral port to get it's shit together, as it were, before it had to feck off to the certain doom that was awaiting it in international waters.

This is not the same thing that Shannon airport provides.

iran is punishing people all around the world by blocking the straits and denying access to oil etc.

Which it wouldn't be doing but for the fact that it's been attacked.

ThThe irony Israel keeps claiming Iran is targeting citizens when they are the ones that kill so many citizens.

US aircraft landing in Shannon have never been involved in active ops against anyone. They are mostly troop transports to other destinations and they would land in the myriad number of airforce bases if part of combat ops.

Which is precisely why the comparison with the Graf Spee doesn't apply.

Trump stated 'the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!'

What do you think he meant?

I've mentioned nothing about "ethics"

Are you actually following what's being written or are you just replying for the sheer sake of it?

perhaps trumps threat to essentially set the entire middle east on flames is a lever to get the west and others to send ships to open the straits

apparently starmer onto trump tonight agreeing strait must open