We fired 105 missiles on April 14. That’s 10 times the number of Syrian refugees we’ve taken all year.
There Was Nothing Humanitarian About Our Strikes on Syria
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Humanitarian Intervention
U.S. Diplomacy: A Dangerous Proposal
Is the United States on the verge of enshrining humanitarian intervention as a bedrock principle of foreign policy?
Does a State’s Possession of Nuclear Weapons Justify Humanitarian Intervention?
The possession of nuclear weapons by a state — any state — violates the social contract.
‘The American Century’ Has Plunged the World Into Crisis. What Happens Now?
U.S. foreign policy is dangerous, undemocratic, and deeply out of sync with real global challenges. Is continuous war inevitable, or can we change course?
Calls for U.S. Military Intervention in Syria Re-surfacing
Once again, R2P — responsibility to protect — is being used as a pretext for attacking Syria.
Military Humanitarian Intervention: the Shock Doctrine Applied to Syria
What’s needed in Syria is not military intervention, but a global peace offensive.
Humanitarian Intervention: Destroying Nations to Save Them
Cross-posted from the Colorado Progressive Jewish News. The fate of Iraq is a sideshow, the terrorist threat is a red herring, and the radical Islamist’s dream of a worldwide jihad against the west is a fantasy, but the attempt to revive Pax Americana is real. --...
U.S. Needs to be R2P’d
Writing for the Guardian, and re-posted at AlterNet, Henry Porter makes the case that the scale of gun violence in America renders it, in effect, a civil war. Figures, especially if they’re staggering, can render us none. But the way Porter has framed the number of...
The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention (Revisited)
Supporters of the impending U.S. strike on Syria claim that it is necessary to punish the Assad regime for using chemical weapons on its citizens and to prevent it from further employing them. The situation, says Washington, calls for “humanitarian intervention.” ...
Forget Red Lines: Obama Should Eat His Words on Syria
The good news? President Obama’s surprise decision to consult Congress about launching a U.S. strike on Syria has returned crucial powers to the people’s representatives, allowing a much-needed public discussion about the U.S. stake—or lack thereof—in Syria’s civil...