You shouldn’t expect unique answer to complex ethical questions involving politics. But note that Kissinger was more indirectly responsible for the invasion of East Timor than Eichmann was responsible for the Holocaust. Punishing people who didn’t prevent crimes committed by others is rare and restricted to situations where the punished person can be assumed to know for sure about the imminent crime and has relatively easy way to prevent it. Which is almost never true in politics.
(As a tactical note, linking to a Youtube video to support the notion that a well-known politician is a war criminal is probably not so good idea here.)
You shouldn’t expect unique answer to complex ethical questions involving politics. But note that Kissinger was more indirectly responsible for the invasion of East Timor than Eichmann was responsible for the Holocaust. Punishing people who didn’t prevent crimes committed by others is rare and restricted to situations where the punished person can be assumed to know for sure about the imminent crime and has relatively easy way to prevent it. Which is almost never true in politics.
(As a tactical note, linking to a Youtube video to support the notion that a well-known politician is a war criminal is probably not so good idea here.)
You certainly raise some valid points. I’ll discuss them with you some more tomorrow.....
I mean… assuming that that’s still allowed.