Next on booktv john yoo argues International Law has very little effect on the behavior of powerful nations when they deal with each other but acts as an impediment when powerful countries try to do things like fake terrorism and to stop the spread of weapons through disruption. This discussion is about an hour and a half. Welcome everybody. Thanks for braving the weather to make it to the American Enterprise institute today. Im a resident scholar and i direct the center for Security Studies here at aei. Todays event which is being cosponsored by the society is a discussion of john yoos latest book point of attack the work of International Law and global welfare. The format of todays great a quite simple. John will start with an overview of the books thesis and then we will follow up with our panelists comments and i might throw in a point or two as well and then following that, we will open up the floor to your questions and have a good robust discussion. Before turning the microphone
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Before the attack. The that information was never made public as president obama made the case for war. Then the rwandan genocide 20 years later. Ands a multifaceted daunting challenge, but we cannot afford to succumb to cynicism or despair because the alternative to preventive or preventing genocide is bearing the bodies in the aftermath. That is not what we want. Commemorations are being held in rwanda today to mark the anti94 genocide that left over 800,000 people dead over a span of 100 days. We will go to rwanda and also look at the clinton administrations refusal to admit it was the genocide. How many acts of genocide does it take to make genocide . That is not a question i am in the position to answer. Is it true you have specific guidance not use the word genocide in isolation in respect to this . I have guidance to which i try to use as best as i can. There are formulations that we are using, that we are trying to be consistent in our use of. All of that and more coming up. Th
Turkey was applying sarin gas to Syrian Rebels in the months before the attack. The that information was never made public as president obama made the case for war. Then the rwandan genocide 20 years later. Ands a multifaceted daunting challenge, but we cannot afford to succumb to cynicism or despair because the alternative to preventive or preventing genocide is bearing the bodies in the aftermath. That is not what we want. Commemorations are being held in rwanda today to mark the anti94 genocide that left over 800,000 people dead over a span of 100 days. We will go to rwanda and also look at the clinton administrations refusal to admit it was the genocide. How many acts of genocide does it take to make genocide . That is not a question i am in the position to answer. Is it true you have specific guidance not use the word genocide in isolation in respect to this . I have guidance to which i try to use as best as i can. There are formulations that we are using, that we are trying to be
Welcome everybody. Thanks for braving the weather to make it to a American Enterprise institute today. My name is gary schmitt and im a resident scholar and i direct the Maryland Center for Security Studies here at aei. Todays event which is being cosponsored by the federal society as a Panel Discussion of john yoos latest book point of attack preventive war, International Law and global warfare. Our format today is going to be quite simple. John will start off with an overview of the books thesis and then we will follow up with our panelists comments and i might throw in a pointer point or two as well. Following that we will open up the floor to your questions and have a good robust discussion i am sure. Before turning the mic over to john however let me briefly introduce our two guests panelists. Michael levitin and harvey rishikof. As you can see from the biographical materials you have at hand both have had quite distinguished careers. Michael is currently professor of law at North