There is a curious article regarding the war on Libya and the actions and repercussions surrounding it. On one hand, you have the Western nations involved in NATO claiming humanitarian crisis to justify a war to stop a tyrant who is harming large portions of his population in order to retain power, while on the other, you have an international judicial system that is offering this justification and ensuring that justice be dealt to this man.
These two realities are preventing justice from occurring easily or cheaply, and instead costing the lives of many people on both sides of the conflict. The quote that I find most fascinating within this article is related to justice and pragmatism: "a judiciary that is impervious to political realities can create catastrophes in the name of justice."
It seems that sometimes it is better to offer the assurance of mercy in order to be most merciful to those who are enduring the situations that we are attempting to end.
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