Saturday, May 10, 2008

Invade Burma???

I found this interesting article in Time. I admit that the thought experiment related to when an invasion of another nation is warranted, especially with regard to a humanitarian aide mission, was very interesting. Here's a bit from the article...

The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake; and the world has yet to reach a consensus about when, and under what circumstances, coercive interventions in the name of averting humanitarian disasters are permissible. As the response to the 2004 tsunami proved, the world's capacity for mercy is limitless. But we still haven't figured out when to give war a chance.

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