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Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan: "UN Charter says no UNSC authorization required to carry out military operations against WWII aggressor states " (xcancel.com)
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《联合国宪章》专门设立敌国条款，规定德意日等法西斯或军国主义国家的任何一国有再次实施侵略政策的任何步骤，中法苏英美等联合国创始成员国有权对其直接实施军事行动，无须安理会授权。

"The Charter of the United Nations specifically establishes an enemy state clause, stipulating that if any of the fascist or militaristic states like Germany, Italy, or Japan takes any step to once again implement a policy of aggression, the founding members of the United Nations, such as China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, have the right to take direct military action against it without the authorization of the Security Council."

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[–] King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am a little thankful someone has pointed this out. I know this isn't exactly a serious forum, and jokes are fine, but I really dont get why the first instinct of people is to go "what if we did what the Americans did last time? But now it's fine cause China is doing it. [hypothetically]" Maybe it's my own biases from reading the accounts of the bombings, but I dont find them especially funny.

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 day ago

I'm glad it could help in that way. Tbh, I get a bit self-conscious complaining about this kind of thing. Even though I don't usually find that kind of thing funny even in an ironic way, I generally try to assume good faith that people are, like, righteously angry and going for catharsis or things such as that and don't want to chastise them over trying to process their feelings and deal with the horrors of the world. But I also get concerned if it looks like it's edging into territory of, "What if we were the baddies? Haha jk, unless..."