> G'day Ian,
>
> Thanks for the (as always) thoughtful reply.
===
You're too kind. A tip of the glass to 'ya later today [my time].
>
> > The struggle to create institutions that can go after a Kissinger
or > a Pol Pot or a Pinochet or a Truman is a worthy project, imo.
>
> We have one.
It will be like humanitarian intervention -- highly selective and not likely to take
out anybody friendly to the US. It does not sound
very appealing to me.
Rob Schaap wrote:
> G'day Ian,
>
> Thanks for the (as always) thoughtful reply.
>
> > The struggle to create institutions that can go aft
G'day Ian,
Thanks for the (as always) thoughtful reply.
> The struggle to create institutions that can go after a Kissinger or > a Pol Pot or
>a Pinochet or a Truman is a worthy project, imo.
We have one. The Hague. It can. But it won't. Is there such a thing as a
utilitarian institutional
G'day Rob,
>
> There are, alas, conceivable circumstances under which killing has
to be done.
> The thing is to weigh the options and their likely outcomes. There
lies the
> difference between a killer and a murderer.
That's what Hitler and Stalin and Napolean and Cromwell and.said
