... upon peaceful means such as six-point Annan’s plan, the UN observer mission, a GA resolution, and presidential statements to condemn the violence, but these still have not been able to halt the protracted massacre. The civilian casualty count in Syria continues to rise with each passing day.
While in Libya, military intervention occurred just two weeks after having instated non-military means through the unanimously adopted resolution 1970, which wasn’t able to end the mass violence in that time. This decisive action, in an attempt to prevent ...
... number of countries - Russia and China in the lead - have expressed concern or dissatisfaction about regime change related to the responsibility to protect. It is one of the numerous factors that are making the management of the Syrian crisis difficult.
Syria is radically different from Libya in so many dimensions. The Libyan people were overwhelmingly united in wishing to evict Gaddafi; the Syrian people on the other hand are deeply divided on religious and regional lines. Some people might speculate that a majority is in favor of regime ...
... How do we know that military intervention is necessary in a given case? What must the death toll rise to in a conflict before the international community decides that they must intervene? Why is it that we chose the course of intervention in the case Libya, but weren’t effectively able to do so in cases like Rwanda, Bosnia and Syria? How do we guarantee that a decision to intervene is a just one – that the objective does not lead to the use of intervention to further the selfish political agendas of some state? How can we be sure that intervening will bring more good ...
... resolution on Syria is the sign that the international community should just give the Syrians a chance to decide the future of Syria on their own. It is too early to draw any conclusions, but even though it seems that humanitarian intervention worked out in Libya, we still should keep in mind that Syria is a much more complex and troubled country. The intervention may shed even more blood and create even bigger chaos. May be it is better if the Syrians themselves without any help try to build a new nation.
