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Originally Posted by Neptunus Rex
When one nation establishes an embassy/diplomatic mission, it is with the host nation's endorsement. That endorsement makes the embassy/diplomatic mission "quests" of that host nation. The host nation is obligated to protect it's guests, regardless of the source of the threat.
Failure to do so does constitutes "An Act of War".
At the very least, all western nations should send a signal to these poor host nations and recall their embassies/diplomatic missions in full. Leave no one behind.
As a true sign, last man out demolishes the embassy complex, we're not coming back!
Oh yeah and declare their embassys/diplomatic missions "Persona non grata", you have 24 hours to leave!
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Well the thing is that technically, attacking the embassies with or without protection from the home nation IS an act of war regardless of the circumstances because embassies are viewed in the modern world as territories of the nation they belong to (i.e. technically, the US embassy in Moscow is American soil, just like the Russian embassy in DC is Russian soil). Thus, when the embassies are attacked, the nations that own them are attacked, and therefore the attack constitutes an act of war.