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...fall into Hussein's or Bush's bloody hands once we condemn one set of crimes and overlook another. By choosing between the crimes of "Satan" and the "Butcher," we compromise the meaning of law and justice. In order to avoid this trap, we need to create an authentic "world legal order" that expands the concept of the "national interest" to the "global interest" which consistently applies the principles of international law to all countries--big or small...
...Middle East, Bush has been eager to frame his policies in clearcut terms of right and wrong. But in the spirit of Realpolitik and a vision of international harmony, he will tactfully overlook Soviet injustices in search of his elusive New World Order. He will invoke morality only when it is convenient...
...think that the Israelis could do any better at finding and destroying the remaining Scuds than the U.S. could. But politically the Jerusalem government might not be able to afford appearing to do nothing on its own to protect its citizens. The U.S. hoped that Arab allies would overlook Israeli retaliation if it were on an eye-for-an-eye scale, rather than the traditional hit-you-twice-as-hard assault...
...only other justification given for an immediate offensive is that while the U.S. waits, the rape of Kuwait continues unabated. This is as true as it is unfortunate, and as hypocritical as it is either. Conservatives have found plenty of pragmatic reasons to overlook human rights abuses before. We stood off with the Soviet Union for 45 years without resorting to war; the costs simply would have been too immense. We maintained sanctions against Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) for 12 years before they worked. We have applied sanctions against South Africa for four years and against Cuba for 31 years...
...most difficult environmental dilemmas arise when preserving the environment conflicts with economic self-interest--when it's cheaper to waste than to save. Fortunately, this is not one of those cases. Satisfactory free-market solutions to environmental problems are rare enough already; Harvard should not overlook the opportunity when it arises...