At 12:29 18-10-2002 +0200, I wrote:
Do you now see why your reasoning "how sure are you that he does not" is an utterly wrong one?
To which JDG replied off-list:
Well, you are the one who thinks it is OK to attack a country because you cannot be 100% sure that said country will never attack you. So quite frankly, I do not believe *I* am the one being silly.No. Don't be silly.
If an American would be put on trial at the ICC on charges of war crimes, would you also find it acceptable if Europe would attack the US to prevent the US from invading The Netherlands?
(I have taken it back on-list because I believe that is where it belongs.)
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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