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Chrystal, an embargo is rather extreme and, for all intents and purposes, an act of war.
I suspect the West could get a lot of mileage out of its food exports edge, if necessary, without resorting to embargo.
>>BTW you did not respond to my first point...
I think your point was that the Americans are extremists. In some ways, maybe, but I can't see how the world food situation gives us means to pressure them!
Using Crystal Radio's definition of embargos and war crimes, it sounds like OPEC should be the target of his/her anger.
Sorry Jack, you are way over my head with that. I know you must be, as all I can manage to decipher out of it is that OPEC is starving the west by not supplying needed oil to run their children ... all the little SuV's and Hummers?
NO! NO! that way lies madness ... must rest my head now, go to bed, dream of bunnies and butterflies...nite, nite :)
OPEC does not supply oil exclusively to the US or the West. People do die from lack of energy.
I think your point was that the Americans are extremists. In some ways, maybe, but I can't see how the world food situation gives us means to pressure them!
Not extremists but understanably a bit blind, just like Canadians are in not opposing a war of aggression in Afghanistan.
About agressive war, I have this about Nuremburg ( though not what I was looking for which was a more complete definition of aggressive war, I am surprised I cant even find the complete wording of the UN charter which as I remember made no bones about the business of war).
: The Nürnberg Tribunal condemned a war of aggression in the strongest terms: "To initiate a war of aggression . . . is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." It held individuals accountable for "crimes against peace", defined as the "planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing...." When the United Nations General Assembly unanimously affirmed the Nürnberg principles in 1946, it affirmed the principle of individual accountability for such crimes.
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I suspect the West could get a lot of mileage out of its food exports edge, if necessary, without resorting to embargo.
The problem I see here is that it still involves the innocent along with those that are considered guilty, not exactly cricket eh? (but then cricket isn't what it was since it was played in Iraq, I think:P