tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post7830566701801598529..comments2023-07-28T11:57:04.354+01:00Comments on Malc in the Burgh: National (or global) SecurityMalchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-21097492261486612702008-09-11T14:51:00.000+01:002008-09-11T14:51:00.000+01:00Ummm...If you can read into what I've said those w...Ummm...<BR/><BR/>If you can read into what I've said those words somewhere then... well, you are an incredibly strange individual.<BR/><BR/>Can I assure any CIA/ FBI/ Mossad/ MI5 (and the rest) agents who may be reading that was not my intention...Malchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-44822596109731298762008-09-11T14:40:00.000+01:002008-09-11T14:40:00.000+01:00Are you instead, very subtly, suggesting to France...Are you instead, very subtly, suggesting to France that they nuke (a hypothetical) Germany as a self-defence mechanism?<BR/><BR/>Cunning, Malc.Political Dissuasionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444377943477287319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-43439905322995752662008-09-11T14:27:00.000+01:002008-09-11T14:27:00.000+01:00Perhaps. Especially with the news today that Nort...Perhaps. Especially with the news today that North Korea is testing other nukes. But the point is recognising a security threat - how justified are you in trampling all over sovereignty etc when you see a credible threat?<BR/><BR/>In my scenario, it is not just one state that is in danger, but the world. Does that make a difference to the answer?Malchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-57228240464491807512008-09-11T13:31:00.000+01:002008-09-11T13:31:00.000+01:00There definitely is. I was being a bit overdramati...There definitely is. I was being a bit overdramatic. But, (also making a strange attempt at allegory) I was suggesting that really what could you do? War isn't the answer because it wouldn't work. The lesson of Iraq is that you only pick on the countries that you know you can beat. Otherwise North Korea or Iran would have been the targets.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276807629755008090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-15659218975807562812008-09-11T11:25:00.000+01:002008-09-11T11:25:00.000+01:00Sam,I think that was kinda my point. If you are g...Sam,<BR/><BR/>I think that was kinda my point. If you are going to say yes to that question - "If a country considers this a risk the future of the world" - then you are saying that the American invasion of Iraq was justified.<BR/><BR/>It was a strange attempt at an allegory... I don't know. But, I guess there's a point there for debate, no?Malchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-38524001033838315312008-09-10T19:34:00.000+01:002008-09-10T19:34:00.000+01:00Take what action accordingly? I suppose they could...Take what action accordingly? I suppose they could take it to the UN Security Council & ask them to declare it a threat to international security & authorise a <A HREF="http://uncharter.org/chapter/7" REL="nofollow">Chapter VII</A> intervention. But wouldn't France just use their Security Council veto? In which case Germany could attempt to justify a unilateral intervention on the grounds of anticipatory self-defence, which does have <A HREF="http://www.uni-miskolc.hu/~wwwdrint/20042rouillard1.htm" REL="nofollow">legal precedent.</A><BR/><BR/>But then France would presumably react to a German invasion by declaring war & using its nuclear weapons on Germany, unleashing nuclear war in Central Europe, killing millions of people, polluting an entire continent, destroying the EU and putting England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008 into some kind of perspective.<BR/><BR/>Oh sorry you had a point. Yeah I'll have to get back to you on that.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276807629755008090noreply@blogger.com