It was not until the 1960s that institutional racism began to be tackled in Britain and the USA — and some say it still exists today. And the situational ethic is alive and flourishing in international affairs. Slobodan Milosovic is charged as a war criminal — but only after he invades Kosovo and the West believes he must be stopped, not when he commits crimes during the war in Bosnia; Saddam Hussein is decreed to be an international war criminal — but only after he invades Kuwait and threatens the West’s oil supply, not when he presides over a conflict rich in war crimes against Iran.