Sudan's ten minutes at UN SC

[William S. Lear]

On Mon, August 24, 1998 at 21:09:02 (-0700) Brad De Long writes:
>...
>So the Taliban government is now no longer letting bin Laden use its
>territories and its resources to plan and support exploding truck bombs
>near other people's embassies?
>
>This would seem to be very good news: the Taliban government appears to
>have decided to follow one of the longest-established norms of
>international law: don't kill other countries' diplomats (or let people in
>your country kill other countries' diplomats with your guilty
>foreknowledge).

It'd be nice if the United States and its well-funded and
well-protected proxies began to recognize these norms of international
law, but don't hold your breath.

Bill