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  1. CuzzinPat

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    May 15th, 12:49

    Before you pro-war humanitarians go off promoting "action," check this out:

    A “humanitarian intervention,” as benevolent as it may try to sound, at its core means non-consensual military action against a foreign country—war under the banner of humanitarianism. The remarkable thing about nearly all of these media calls for intervention is that, beyond the appeals to urgency and morality, virtually no effort is made to explain exactly why or how one should believe that aggressive military action is what will bring peace to Darfur; readers, apparently, are to take that as self-evident.

    full article here: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3259

  2. Colin

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    May 16th, 01:17

    A quick look at their website leaves me with no idea of what exactly this group is promoting, exactly. It would have been nice if BR had asked.