Girl pays price of tribal honor

[warch]

I fail to see the national interest in
this incident, however deplorable it may be.

This is a key statement here. I apologize for my anger, which, as usual, resulted in non-constructive sarcasm...(and a desire for hard liquor and cigarettes)

I think this incident reveals a global threat of injustice and violence against segregated groups- In this case two groups- women and a "lower caste". I agree with the belief that injustice/violence anywhere is a threat to justice/peace everywhere. And my interest goes beyond national to personal, because I am a member of one of the groups.

This is globalization. And this is why the UN is grinding its International Criminal Court into existence- To prosecute when nations fail to. Here Pakistan is making the motions, but probably only because the world is aware and watching. So its something.

So as a slight hijack, what do you think about the US attempt to have American peacekeepers exempt from ICC prosecution? The Bush Admin backed down a bit, the result being a temp one year exemption- Allowing the ICC to at least proceed in formation. But are American peacekeepers above law? Is the US the world's police, with its own justice? What do you think?

As the definition of war gets shifted and redefined, so do the definitions of crime, soldier, terrorism, protest, and martyr. I welcome the creation of the ICC, I think its necessary, but its influence? We'll see.