The destruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina is proof, if proof were needed, that the actions of states are not determined by ethical or humanitarian consideration. The war of conquest launched by Serbia, and joined by Crotia, was allowed to take its genocide course because the defense of Bosnia and its citizens was not an imperative dictated by “national” or “security interests” of any state. There is nothing new here; nothing new to lament. This is the way we have ordered our world. (Rabbi Ali & Lipschultz, Lawrence xi) I ....