Assad's Government Might Still be on the Hook

   Yesterday, I wrote of how we should punish Syria for using chemical weapons, for if no one will police an international law, then there might as well be no international law. Perhaps the response is that we do have an international court of law. And, the UN is an international policing agency. So, why not leave to the cops the matter, for it is their responsibility, not ours?
    I don't know how all is set up, in international law and international justice, to know why there have not been calls of outrage demanding that such international powers step in. I believe Russia's veto power has shielded Syria from UN condemnation to this point. With Russia now calling for dismantling the weapons, the door has opened for the UN. Thus, more reason that we take the offer to dismantle the weapons. The interesting thing to me is that if the deal is that the U.S. will not take action if Syria dismantles the weapons -- if it is only the U.S. that cannot come after Syria if this is done -- then it would seem Syria remains on the hook to answer to international law. It would seem the international court still has not only the right, but the responsibility to seek out Assad's government for the international crime of using chemical weapons.