When I read about the Doctor’s Without Borders incident, I was infuriated to see the lack of accountability by the U.S. regarding the situation and the constant stream of very different official stories being told. Once Professor Ohlin explained how International Criminal Law works and the lack of enforcement involved in these cases, I think it just added to my astonishment as how easy it is to avoid accountability if the right players involved don’t want to take action. Countries can let criminals slide through various loopholes, such as the criminal being an current leader of a nation. These loopholes need to be closed and there needs to be clarity whether diplomacy or international criminal law should be priority.

On another note, I appreciated being explained the concept of collateral damage. If there is no collateral damage, then no war can be possible. However, the span of interpretation for collateral damage is also too broad and lets many countries working on its own agendas to get away with excessive damage. The Doctor’s Without Borders case doesn’t even have an official story and currently, there is no news on how important a target the U.S. was going after to justify killing 22 doctors and patients, injuring many others, and destroying the main source of care for thousands of people in the region it was in, in Afghanistan. Not to mention, this only fuels the spite of the Afghan population at Americans and other countries getting involved.