""Not long ago, Vaclev Havel maintained (in an essay titled "Kosovo and the
End of the Nation State") that the bombing of Yugoslavia, for which there was
no UN mandate, "placed human rights above the rights of states. . . . But
this did not come into being in some irresponsible way, as an act or
aggression or in contempt of international law. On the contrary. It happened
about of respect for rights, for rights that stand above those which are
protected by the sovereignty of states. The Alliance acted out of respect for
human
rights, in a way commanded not only by conscience but by the relevant documents of international law." This "higher law" has its "deepest roots outside the perceptible world." "While the state is the work of
man, man is the work of God." In other words: NATO can violate international law because it is acting as the immediate instrument of God's "higher law." If that's not religious fundamentalism, the concept has no meaning."" (thanks David)
rights, in a way commanded not only by conscience but by the relevant documents of international law." This "higher law" has its "deepest roots outside the perceptible world." "While the state is the work of
man, man is the work of God." In other words: NATO can violate international law because it is acting as the immediate instrument of God's "higher law." If that's not religious fundamentalism, the concept has no meaning."" (thanks David)
