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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (117338)	10/21/2003 8:09:19 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

Violating the sovereignty of other nations, is a power all nations claim, and almost all of them abuse it. I would agree with you, that in 999 of 1000 cases, when one nation violates the sovereignty of another, it is done for evil reasons. Like the power of eminent domain, and the power of deficit financing, and the power to classify and suppress information, the power to make war is almost never used wisely (for the long-term good of everyone affected). I won't argue with anybody who says there should be a blanket prohibition on giving any government these powers. I had not heard, that we were funding the Khmer Rouge in the 1980s. It fits the pattern, though, so I'm not surprised. The Cambodian bombing was criminal and futile. By 1969, when it began, Nixon had already decided the war was unwinnable, and was pulling U.S. troops out, even as he attacked Cambodia and Laos. Those were rear-guard actions to cover our retreat, nothing more. The people responsible should have been treated the same as those who killed Srebrenica. <The US also used its clout in the UN to get the UN Human Rights Sub-commission to drop from its agenda a draft resolution on Cambodia that would subject former Khmer Rouge leaders to international war crimes tribunals. Henry Kissinger was an important influence in this ignoble effort.> Ditto. Another pattern, that continues to today, with the ColdWarriors-turned-Crusaders bribing and bullying small nations to opt out of the ICC, so our war criminals can continue to enjoy impunity and a comfortable retirement (polishing their Nobel Peace Prizes, writing their memoirs, training the next generation of DeathWorshippers).