Quote Originally Posted by Rex Brynen View Post
Why? Why should sovereignty trump everything else, including human rights?
Surely only a nation governed by the will of the people can be considered sovereign.

For example (and using the Democracy Index) there are 26 full democracies whose sovereignty should be respected to the fullest extent (unless they invade a neighbour or some other action such as this).

One should display some patience and tolerance towards the 53 flawed democracies .

While the 32hybrid regimes and the 56 authoritarian regimes should not be recognised as sovereign states (unless you need their oil )

Not everything should be negotiable.