Framing predictable results of war as 'crimes" leads to fixation on #IHL at the expense of bigger strategic questions about the war itself.https://twitter.com/ChMadar/status/809098048827719680 …
Twitter prob not right format for this discussion but if you have time, please elaborate, not sure what you mean by 'banalized'
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well, historically, the strategic issues were those that people focused on most, until rise of IHL and human rights movements
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say, post-WW2, but arguably began in 19th century
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but the problem is that divorcing strategy of conflict from crimes of conflict is that an excessive focus on strategic issues
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can easily lead public and policymakers to downgrade the human rights dimensions, which plays into hands of more violent actors.
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I mean, I do think that human rights activism has depoliticized conflict in really damaging ways--if that's your point I agree
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as in, depoliticized responses to it.
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but that doesn't mean crimes shouldn't be central to analysis.
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But what about the non-criminal carnage, espesh of noncombatants, that is licensed by IHL? Isn't that often majority of victims?
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