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Originally posted by OzMan
Historically ANY type of superiority gives you that right from the individual to the country. If you don't have that, you WON'T get away with it for very long if at all. 
If someone or something is bigger ,stronger, has more people than you etc you may still beat them some of the time.
Numerical superiority alone means nothing a lot of the time. The population of the Hawaiian Islands was greater than the number of dudes on Captain Cook's ships, yet they let them take over. Same with communism etc etc.
Mexico can invade El Salvador tomorrow and take over and unless the US or someone else says that ain't right and goes and kicks their ass for doing it, they have gotten away with it.
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I know that what you are saying is true, nature is all about the the survival of the fittest and strongest. But I disagree that it is right of us to "unfairly" enforce our strength unless we agree to dismiss civility and even civilization itself in all other aspects of life. As humans living in society, we have collectively agreed to an code of honour and justice that we know is an artificial concept but that most agree is what we and others need in order to lead a better quality of life.