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I read this expression, "argued with some force", but am finding it difficult to understand it. Could you please let me know what it means? Here is the excerpt:
The accused then— I began to scan the file more hurriedly, one eye on the officials who were filing into the courtroom below, the session would begin soon—formed an army of mercenaries and began a process of ethnic cleansing, leading to death squads and mass graves. The UN sent peacekeeping troops, the African Union demanded that the accused step down from power, he was entirely unrepentant. His opponent retaliated, civil war ensued. Eventually, in the wake of French and United Nations air strikes, the opposition forces and the UN captured the accused and placed him under house arrest. This was approximately five months after the disputed election. If peacekeeping troops had not been present, it was assumed that the accused would have been executed, but the UN argued with some force that he should be tried in an international court, and now here he was, and had been for some years awaiting trial.
- Katie Kitamura, Intimacies, Chapter 8
This is a novel published in 2021 in the United States of America. The protagonist is an interpreter working at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Now she is reading a dossier dealing with the accused for whom she is going to interpret.
In this part, I wonder what this underlined expression means.
Would it mean that UN exerted some enforcement powers to argue...? Or would it just mean that the UN emphasized its statement...?
The accused then— I began to scan the file more hurriedly, one eye on the officials who were filing into the courtroom below, the session would begin soon—formed an army of mercenaries and began a process of ethnic cleansing, leading to death squads and mass graves. The UN sent peacekeeping troops, the African Union demanded that the accused step down from power, he was entirely unrepentant. His opponent retaliated, civil war ensued. Eventually, in the wake of French and United Nations air strikes, the opposition forces and the UN captured the accused and placed him under house arrest. This was approximately five months after the disputed election. If peacekeeping troops had not been present, it was assumed that the accused would have been executed, but the UN argued with some force that he should be tried in an international court, and now here he was, and had been for some years awaiting trial.
- Katie Kitamura, Intimacies, Chapter 8
This is a novel published in 2021 in the United States of America. The protagonist is an interpreter working at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Now she is reading a dossier dealing with the accused for whom she is going to interpret.
In this part, I wonder what this underlined expression means.
Would it mean that UN exerted some enforcement powers to argue...? Or would it just mean that the UN emphasized its statement...?
