The president said that he was forced to act because Colonel Qaddafi had turned on his own people and had shown, Mr. Obama said, "no mercy on his own citizens." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/africa/19libya.html?_r=1
The principle now seems to be that if a ruler starts physically attacking his own people, foreign intervention to stop it is justified. How about implementing that principle in a few other foreign policy contexts :-) J. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
