I mean, I do think that human rights activism has depoliticized conflict in really damaging ways--if that's your point I agree
Certainly evil & I'm sure smart lawyers could find a war crime peg to hang it. But there would be smart lawyers to defend, too…
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no doubt--and defense of sitting government has lots of precedents.
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but regardless of the existing legal framework, I still think it's important to name and shame.
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Yeah, without a doubt. I just wish media coverage and elite debate were about *more than the atrocities, and addressed strategy–
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that would mean, from US pov, "what deals can be cut w/ Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Assad to stop slaughter? At what price?"
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Same w/ US war in Afghanistan. Much coverage of US bombing hospital–as is right–but odd silence over war itself, what is and…
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…what isn't at stake; why US troops are still there; what the desired strategic outcome is and what it costs.
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i.e. I think the failure to think broadly is structural--something that bright minds are unlikely to change on their own
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