Posted by SLS on September 13, 2001, at 14:29:54
In reply to Re: Nuke the Bastards (redirect from P-B), posted by Adam on September 12, 2001, at 15:23:43
> If the Taliban isn't willing to turn bin Laden over at some point, they may be complicit in the current catastrophe. I think any hope of any of them winding up in an international court (the most appropriate, least-likely measure) is faint, without considerable bloodshed to get at them, and it will entail war with the nation of Afghanistan, since many are loyal to the Taliban.
I don't really know who the Taliban are. I guess I should pay more attention to current events.
Finding an answer to deter or preempt acts of terror will probably be difficult, if not messy.
This is messy:
Perhaps one place to start is to form a League of Nations separate from the impotent U.N. 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. 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. 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.
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 know what to do. I hope someone does.
- Scott
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