If rebels knew how to behave in advance, the process of providing them with aid would be expedited.
Preempting the Need for Vetting Insurgents
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intervention
My Non-intervention Problem
Progressives are advised to temper their reflexive antipathy toward intervention.
Syria, the United States, and the El Salvador Option (Part One)
The United States has been funding Syria opposition groups since 2005.
Governments Kill
Governments kill on our behalf. This arrangement is a form of social contract, which means that governments are basically contract killers. Some states, like Nazi Germany, use the tremendous power of arms and bureaucracy to transform their territories into slaughterhouses. Regimes that are merely authoritarian can be equally brutal but display a greater selectivity in their tyranny. In our more decorous democracies, meanwhile, we perfume our conversations with words like “justice” and “national security” to mask the odor of death.
Efficacy, Wind-Blowing, and the Favored Villain
We would like to thank Daniel Millenson for his contribution to this dialogue on divesting from Sudan. Both the idea of linking investment decisions with human rights as well as the targeted nature of this campaign, reflecting a concern to avoid harming civilians, are commendable.
Divestment: Solution or Diversion?
Evoking memories of global activism against apartheid in South Africa, the Save Darfur movement is aiming to address the humanitarian crisis in the beleaguered region by campaigning for divestment from certain companies operating in Sudan.
Saving Darfur or Salvation Delusion?
Banner of hands for Darfur, from September 9, 2006 rally in Washington, DC. Courtesy of Genocide Intervention Network.