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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (41196)	11/13/2005 11:49:04 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

"Were the Europeans right in watching genocide in their backyards for 5 years and doing nothing? If Hitler had done nothing but burn Jews, would France, the UK, and Canada be justified in just watching?" I think that certain acts of inhumanity ought to be construed as a declaration of war--thereby inviting appropriate retaliation. But to violate the sovereignty of another people requires (IMO) a very high bar. I think there are good arguments that Bush and company acted prematurely and with reckless disregard for sovereignty. On the other hand, if the United Nations would declare a policy of violating sovereignty in the cases of genocide and other such mass crimes against humanity--I think it would represent progress in the world. But when single countries engage in such interference it is somewhat (shall we say)disconcerting...