Posted by Krazy Kat on September 13, 2001, at 18:43:00
In reply to Re: Nuke the Bastards (redirect from P-B), posted by SLS on September 13, 2001, at 14:29:54
> Perhaps one place to start is to form a League of Nations separate from the impotent U.N.
=== Yes, it is impotent!
and attempt to attain the objectives set forth by Woodrow Wilson. This might be accomplished most immediately by building upon an existing vehicle, NATO; changing its name and allowing admission one by one to only those nations that agree to the international law, policies, and sanctions initially set forth within a constitution drafted by a convention assembled through open invitation.
=== This will take a long time...
Within the purview of such an international tribunal, it could be declared that those who harbor the perpetrators of crimes against humanity are themselves guilty of committing crimes against humanity. These active participants are to be made liable and prosecutable with sanctions equivalent to those available to punish those who physically perform the offensive acts. If the executors of a country refuse to extradite a personage found guilty of such crimes in this international court, they can then be summarily indicted and tried in absentia if necessary. The threat of punishment for capital acts under these circumstances might be a deterrent to their complicity, as long as mechanisms of enforcement are constructed and demonstrated with resolve and without hesitancy. Alternatively, it might cause these conspirators to flee from justice and abandon their positions of power.
=== True.
Or perhaps the threat of an invasion by an international military force for the purpose of apprehension and compounded by economic sanctions would incite parties opposed to the ruling faction to rebel and seize power, especially if a party deemed favorable to international order be encouraged materially.
=== True again.
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> Upon reflection, I think my idea kinda sucks. It might create an oligarchy of bullies, and deny representation to the majority of the world's populace. It might make more sense to create an inclusive body of United Nations. Oops.=== I don't think your idea sucks at all. I just think something is going to have ot be done in the interim.
- K.
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