Comments on: Colombia http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/07/11/colombia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colombia n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Grumpy Old Man http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/07/11/colombia/comment-page-1/#comment-12174 Grumpy Old Man Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:36:06 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/07/11/colombia/#comment-12174 Krauthammer is a contemporary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mill%C3%A1n_Astray" rel="nofollow">Millán Astray</a>. Where is his Unamuno? Krauthammer is a contemporary Millán Astray. Where is his Unamuno?

]]> By: James_Nostack http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/07/11/colombia/comment-page-1/#comment-12162 James_Nostack Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:22:43 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/07/11/colombia/#comment-12162 Daniel, I'd be curious to hear your views on International Human Rights law (IHR) and humanitarian interventions in general. What <b>should</b> be the consequence for a state which violates international norms, and if reality falls short of your prescription, what might be some first steps toward improving that situation? As an aside: I wonder if there's someone in the State Department who's entire job is to compare various international figures to Hitler so as to justify military action. I picture this bureaucrat reviewing public speeches with a hitlometer, a Geiger-counter-like device that measures things in the SI-approved "Hitler unit" of evil. "Saddam is worse than Hitler... the hitlometer says... 2.6 +/- 0.1 Hitlers. Recommend air strikes and Two Minutes Hate; observe results after one Friedman." Daniel, I’d be curious to hear your views on International Human Rights law (IHR) and humanitarian interventions in general. What should be the consequence for a state which violates international norms, and if reality falls short of your prescription, what might be some first steps toward improving that situation?

As an aside: I wonder if there’s someone in the State Department who’s entire job is to compare various international figures to Hitler so as to justify military action. I picture this bureaucrat reviewing public speeches with a hitlometer, a Geiger-counter-like device that measures things in the SI-approved “Hitler unit” of evil. “Saddam is worse than Hitler… the hitlometer says… 2.6 +/- 0.1 Hitlers. Recommend air strikes and Two Minutes Hate; observe results after one Friedman.”

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