International law and human rights are for : - poor/light weight countries - adversaries and competition For the self and allies there is only: - Rule of law o

International law and human rights are for : - poor/light weight countries - adversaries and competition For the self and allies there is only: - Rule of law only until it comes in the way of Self interest -- in contention, self interest always trumps. With this rule-set a lot of things make sense.