How to treat a head of state
I listened to Ahmadinejad's speech last night and it seem to be in two parts. The first part seemed to be calling for Africa, Asia and the Muslim world to demand a reform of the UN to throw out the hegemony of the WW II allied powers. Fat chance. The second part seem to be almost evangilical, and I assume was supposed to play in Muslim countries because there were numerous references to Allah, the prophets, spirtuality, justice etc. No long on substance.
However, unless we want the entire world of diplomacy to disintegrate into clubs and spears, we don't arrest foreign leaders, even dispicable ones when they come to the United Nations. He obviously has diplomatic immunity and he is a head of state. If we want to snatch him after he is back in Iran....well...even that is probably not Kosher. He is a head of state. If his regime were toppled by his own people or in a war, then arresting him might be considered OK. I quite frankly was shocked at what happened to Pinochet.
So let's get the Spanish to grab him and try him.
However, unless we want the entire world of diplomacy to disintegrate into clubs and spears, we don't arrest foreign leaders, even dispicable ones when they come to the United Nations. He obviously has diplomatic immunity and he is a head of state. If we want to snatch him after he is back in Iran....well...even that is probably not Kosher. He is a head of state. If his regime were toppled by his own people or in a war, then arresting him might be considered OK. I quite frankly was shocked at what happened to Pinochet.
So let's get the Spanish to grab him and try him.
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