... of their own party, say they don’t exactly hold the moral high ground ... “No, I think they don’t have the moral authority, and there’s a lot of pearl-clutching going on,” he said.
... can bomb hospitals, starve civilians and raze homes with no repercussions, then what incentive remains for any state to respect humanitarian law? Europe’s moral authority now lies in tatters.
“Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement in this? Who holds the moral authority, who holds the ability to do that? Because we are not seen as a neutral actor and we maybe never were.”.