Is a military solution the only way to stop nations from doing bad things?
The argument that capital punishment degrades the state is moonshine, for if that were true then it would degrade the state to send men to war... The state, in truth, is degraded in its very nature: a few butcheries cannot do it any further damage.
I wonder about economic sanctions, though, since that is a way that states engage in boycotts against one another.
… conduct unworthy of any State calling itself civilized and free.
A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.
Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done in their name.
The State of Israel can be proud of what we're doing.
Everything I did as secretary of state was in furtherance of America's interests and our values.
As states we act, in general, and in most cases, exactly like the individuals of whom our society is composed.
The state spends much time and effort persuading the public that it is not really what it is and that the consequences of its actions are positive rather than negative.
Autonomous state actions will regularly take forms that attempt to reinforce the authority, political longevity, and social control of the state.
In foreign policy, even if you hold high office, you can't be sure what the effects will be of the things you do.
The actions and inactions of hundreds of millions of people and nearly 200 states, will affect what kind of world emerges in the time ahead.
Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organisations.
