After Libya, The Question: To Protect Or Depose? -- Philippe Bolopion, L.A. Times
NATO has gone beyond the United Nations mandate to protect the Libyan people, and now some U.N. member states are reluctant to act on Syria.
NATO's military intervention in Libya was initiated under the principle of the "responsibility to protect," a concept born from the ashes of the Rwandan genocide: that the world should not stand by while mass atrocities go on within a sovereign state.
Though morally self-evident, this concept was slow to gain acceptance in the international community, particularly among developing countries, many of which saw it as a ploy by Western powers to meddle in the internal affairs of weaker countries.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Nigeria clout to rise in post-Qaddafi Africa -- Alex Thurston, Christian Science Monitor
Iran and Al Qaeda’s ‘Operations Chief’ -- Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard
Tehran’s Nuclear Endgame -- Michael Rubin, NRO
Luring Israel into war -- Reza Kahlili, Washington Times
Palestinian-style silence of the lambs -- Avi Dichter, Washington Times
The U.S.-China war: Hot or cold? -- Brett M. Decker, The Washington Times
The Growing Threat of China's Air Force -- Michael Auslin, Real Clear World
Twenty Years After Independence, Russia Is in No Mood to Party -- Simon Shuster, Time
Time to Get Angry, Europe -- Ulrich Beck, Spiegel Online
U.S. Cuts Leave Europe Defenseless -- Tomas Valasek, Real Clear World
Swiss Fear the End of Economic Paradise -- Christian Teevs, Spiegel Online
NASA on the block -- Robert Zubrin, Washington Times
Why Is That a Secret? -- New York Times editorial
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