re: #456 engineer cat

which people???

i don’t think it is for us to decide

just because we don’t like the outcome that doesn’t mean we have a right to intervene in the affairs of a nation-state that has not attacked us. it’s exactly the same principle as our opinion of the outcome of an election held in that country

unless they’ve attacked us, whatever happens within their borders is their affair and we have no right to intervene, no matter how lamentable we think the outcome is

you know, it’s not like what i am stating hasn’t been a settled principle of international law for over a century

Well… There is a discussion going round that we’ve been eroding that principle of sovereignty for a while now. Started with various UN supported interventions for human rights (se for example Haiti or Somalia). Arguably that has been wedged open by various nations having more direct interest (see preemption doctrines).

Not sure the principle of sovereignty is as strong any more.