Structure · Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?

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Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?

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Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first → influences? → The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war

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What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	open escalated	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	open	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	open	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	open escalated	discuss
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✓ yes	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✓ yes	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✓ yes	discuss
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✓ yes	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✓ yes	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✓ yes	discuss
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✓ yes	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✓ yes	discuss
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	✓ yes	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✓ yes	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✓ yes	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	✓ yes	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✓ yes	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	✓ yes	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✓ yes	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	✓ yes	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✗ no	discuss
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✗ no	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✗ no	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	✗ no	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✗ no	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✗ no	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	✗ no	discuss
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✗ no	discuss
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✗ no	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✗ no	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✗ no	discuss
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✗ no	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	discuss
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✗ no	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✗ no	discuss
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✗ no	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✗ no	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	in focus ↑ · close ✕
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	✗ no	discuss
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✗ no	discuss
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✗ no	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✗ no	discuss
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	By the time it is publishable it is history	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✗ no	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	✗ no	discuss
By the time it is publishable it is history	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✗ no	discuss
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	→	The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war	✗ no	discuss
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency	→	Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	✗ no	discuss
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability	→	Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	✗ no	discuss
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided	→	Every state judges the case by what it costs them	✗ no	discuss
Every state judges the case by what it costs them	→	What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin	✗ no	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✗ no	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	✗ no	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✗ no	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✗ no	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✗ no	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✗ no	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✗ no	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✗ no	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	✗ no	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	✗ no	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✗ no	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✗ no	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✗ no	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	✗ no	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✗ no	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✗ no	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✗ no	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	✗ no	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✗ no	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	✗ no	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✗ no	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	✗ no	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	✗ no	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✗ no	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
Nobody was ever sacked for caution	→	Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✗ no	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✗ no	discuss
Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	✗ no	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	✗ no	discuss
The tools between words and troops were never built	→	An ambassador's career is not made by being early	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	Consistency is impossible and inconsistency is the charge	✗ no	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	Nobody was ever sacked for caution	✗ no	discuss
An ambassador's career is not made by being early	→	Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✗ no	discuss
Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation	→	Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible	✗ no	discuss
Warnings were clear months before anyone acted	→	The tools between words and troops were never built	✗ no	discuss
Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it	→	Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk	✗ no	discuss