tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post3757446491667230569..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Witness To War CrimesAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76557783976361075622018-09-09T20:50:52.623+01:002018-09-09T20:50:52.623+01:00David
The US and Israel are not signatories to th...David<br /><br />The US and Israel are not signatories to the ICC that is correct.<br /><br />You are right that many people who only see crimes in other ideologies or, more viscerally, the "other side". This was particularly true during the Cold War when Ronald Reagan praised the Nicaraguan Contras and UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick's notorious dichotomy between merely "Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76657098307361856802018-09-09T14:53:24.038+01:002018-09-09T14:53:24.038+01:00Barry,
Am glad you have no problems with...Barry,<br /> Am glad you have no problems with the uk, us being investigated. Maybe I assumed, by your writings you were one of those people who could only see crimes in other ideologies. If am wrong on that, i retracted it. Off the top of my head the US and Israel and am sure there are others who won't hand their soldiers over to international courts.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3282324169554430462018-09-09T13:11:18.007+01:002018-09-09T13:11:18.007+01:00David
First of all, I did not assume that that yo...David<br /><br />First of all, I did not assume that that you are either a Republican or anti-Western by default. I do not do personal or make ad hominem assumptions with people who identify themselves and make reasoned arguments that I may not always agree with.<br /><br />Of course Saudi Arabia should be in the dock not just for its atrocities in Yemen but for spreading the poison of Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77409779579812144372018-09-09T11:13:38.021+01:002018-09-09T11:13:38.021+01:00Only a complete lunatic would view the ICC as a ju...Only a complete lunatic would view the ICC as a just court allthewhile ignoring the fact that the biggest aggressor in the world does not adhere to it although it often uses it to target supposed enemies. A diplock court on steroids.Wolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-8718532611631426202018-09-09T11:02:54.231+01:002018-09-09T11:02:54.231+01:00Barry,
there would have been few objections to the...Barry,<br />there would have been few objections to the Allied bombing of transport lines to death camps. <br />If the terrible war crimes launched against German cities by Bomber Command did not spark off moral outrage, bombing railway lines in Poland was not going to ignite moral outrage. Westphalian state systems protocol was no bar to assassinating Heydrich in Prague. But a similar argument AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47089494065946544022018-09-09T03:50:27.250+01:002018-09-09T03:50:27.250+01:00Barry,
You assume because because i am ...Barry,<br /> You assume because because i am republican i am automatically anti western establishment. I appreciate the comforts that my birth place affords me. International courts were certain combatants are immune isn't justice it's politics. To put Saudi Arabia in the dock is to put the US in the dock. You are aware, surely that the US, Israel etc are quite often in breach Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-56302729688386441232018-09-09T01:14:22.178+01:002018-09-09T01:14:22.178+01:00Christopher
And always remember that Britain and ...Christopher<br /><br />And always remember that Britain and the USA did not (rightfully) declare war on Nazi Germany to save European Jews from the Holocaust contrary to what Tony Blair once said. It could never be a war aim as international law (based on the Westphalian sovereign state system) did not then permit military intervention to protect peoples at risk of genocide. That is why the Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26116067671078782392018-09-08T18:56:42.202+01:002018-09-08T18:56:42.202+01:00Barry,
spot on.
DaithiD,
no one's asking y...Barry, <br /><br />spot on.<br /><br />DaithiD,<br /><br />no one's asking you to believe every word of such books. 9.5 times out of 10, you can detect bias and read the book accordingly. But even biased reads can reveal something. I have a book made up of soldiers discussing the conflict and an army chaplain (of all people) tells a tale about regularly finding foetuses in Divis Flats!Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30288793854799856992018-09-08T01:07:17.296+01:002018-09-08T01:07:17.296+01:00David
So do we ignore the Assads and Putins simp...David <br /><br />So do we ignore the Assads and Putins simply because they are not part of the evil West? b(Do not get me wrong I want Saudi Arabia in the dock for the Yemeni atrocities)<br /><br />There is legal architecture to deal with war crimes, crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity i.e. the ICC,UN Genocide Convention of 1948 and the UN Responsibility to Protect Doctrine of 2005.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-32754527551178171902018-09-07T21:36:09.747+01:002018-09-07T21:36:09.747+01:00Daithi,
Valid point. We only see war ...Daithi,<br /> Valid point. We only see war crimes commited by our enemies. War crimes have always been an oxymoron to me. Expecting scared, threatened human beings to comply by laws is unrealistic to me. Noble idea thoughDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77091578215324643142018-09-07T20:13:25.320+01:002018-09-07T20:13:25.320+01:00The distinction between the Serbs or the Bosnian f...The distinction between the Serbs or the Bosnian forces atrocities was framed to make things like spit roasting of live prisoners the actions of rogue militias for the latter, but systemic for the former.<br /><br />To make a general point, the prevention or prosecution of “war crimes” is another tool for war mongers. Even if there is fixed criteria of what constitutes that type of crime, there DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.com