THE QUESTION
Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?
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Sanctions relief has no mechanism, so they are never lifted
If this is right, most of the proposals below are beside the point.
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies
I mean this as an observation; I would want it tested.
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The veto exists because the alternative was no institution at all
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin
A state that acts alone is accused of the motives it may or may not have
By the time it is publishable it is history
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible
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Every state judges the case by what it costs them
I mean this as an observation; I would want it tested.
The instruction from the capital arrives late and hedged
The last intervention shapes what is possible for a decade
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it
Acting here and not there is used to discredit acting anywhere
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided
A state cannot commit forces to a place its public cannot find
To be precise: this is about the mechanism, not anyone's motives.
There is no coverage without access and no access without consent
Scope: the last two decades, not all history.
Nobody was ever sacked for caution
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk
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An ambassador's career is not made by being early
Sanctions relief has no mechanism, so they are never lifted
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge
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Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation
I mean this as an observation; I would want it tested.
Intelligence is compartmented and cannot be used publicly
The tools between words and troops were never built
Not an accusation: an institution can do this with everyone acting in good faith.
Publishing evidence burns the source that produced it
The legal test is designed for a courtroom, not for a decision
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted
Support on this is traded for support on trade, or borders, or a seat
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war
A ceasefire needs a guarantor and nobody volunteers
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished
Any council decision is a bargain about three other files
Not an accusation: an institution can do this with everyone acting in good faith.