“Fundamentally, the argument over Syria
reflects a deeper divide between those who would use the Security Council to
confront nations over how their governments treat civilians, versus those who
consider that it has no role whatsoever in settling domestic disputes.” On the
one side, Sheik Hamad, the prime minister of Qatar, reported to the Security
Council, “The government killing machine continues effectively unabated.”[1] The
implication is that people running a government do not have legitimate
authority to kill over 5,000 fellow citizens.
The full essay is at "Is Syria's Sovereignty Absolute?"
1. Neil MacFarquhar, “At U.N., Pressure Ison Russia For Refusal to Condemn Syria,” The
New York Times, February 1, 2012.
