Zakaria: find Gaddafi a home that’s not the Hague

Fareed Zakaria seems to think the International Criminal Court may be an obstacle to ending the Libyan crisis: Gaddafi retains loyal support in most African countries, a product of his generosity over the decades. Those countries could be intermediaries and potential retirement homes. Gaddafi will have to see some kind of exit strategy that doesn’t ...

By , a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

Fareed Zakaria seems to think the International Criminal Court may be an obstacle to ending the Libyan crisis:

Fareed Zakaria seems to think the International Criminal Court may be an obstacle to ending the Libyan crisis:

Gaddafi retains loyal support in most African countries, a product of his generosity over the decades. Those countries could be intermediaries and potential retirement homes. Gaddafi will have to see some kind of exit strategy that doesn’t end at the war-crimes tribunal in the Hague. If he ends up living a lavish life in South Africa and Libya is free of his madness, it’s a small price to pay.

But how can leaders who are now fighting wars for human rights and humanitarianism wink at impunity?

David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist

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