Part of you wants to rejoice. One of the most infuriating aspects of international relations, as conducted according to the traditional rules, is that the true architects of horror and despair so often operate under the personal impunity national leaders grant to each other, while they send their subjects into the field to slaughter on their behalf. Adherence to this convention allows nations to confront each other, even in war, without the conflicts degenerating into trans-national free-for-alls of targeted assassinations, which is generally thought to be the only sensible way to go about the never-ending Clauswitzian continuation of policy by … Continue reading The Deadly Tit For Tat