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To: Ilaine who wrote (217572)	2/10/2007 5:13:40 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) of 281500

WHOOPS! I stand corrected. I should take my own advice and check all the facts first. Make that Somalia. Remember "Black Hawk Down"? The US soldier's body dragged through the streets? "As far as I know, we never invaded Rwanda. I wish we had done so, not even attempting to stop the genocide was morally indefensible." 'Is what is happening in Darfur genocide? Legally, it is fuzzy. Though Sudanese Arab militias have been targeting three black African tribes, some Arab groups have also been attacked and some African ones spared. America's Congress has called the attacks genocide, but the Bush administration has carefully avoided the word. The African Union and various human-rights groups argue that the threshold for genocide has not yet been crossed.It may not matter much, for under international law, there is no inherent right of armed humanitarian intervention, even to stop genocide. The UN charter only sanctions force inself-defence (Article 51) or when authorised by the Security Council to prevent a breach of the peace or an act of aggression (Chapter VII). It specifically forbids intervention “in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state”, though this injunction can be overridden by a Chapter VII authorisation. Sudan has warned Britain and Australia “not tomeddle” in its affairs after they said they would be prepared to send in peacekeeping troops.' 72.14.253.104 Life is more complicated that we like. While Tutsis killed Hutus, Hutus also killed Tutsis. Who was committing genocide? The UN charter seems a fatally flawed document that allows anything to go. In the case of the current Lebanese-Israeli conflict (back to life, it seems), the UN forces can "observe" but are not allowed to forcefully intervene to prevent violations of the cease-fire. So it goes on. Maybe it gets documented a little better. Lotta good THAT does when you've been killed. "I have read that France gave support to the Hutus as they carried out the genocide against the Tutsis but haven't given the matter much study." Got a source? "Morally indefensible" doesn't cut it if it's YOUR SIDE that wants to be morally indefensible. un.org

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