Humanitarian intervention

[swatiraohnlu]

While it is certainly true that the language of humanitarian intervention can be significantly abused, this does not disqualify the legitimate use of humanitarian intervention all together. It is analogous to banning driving because some people abuse the privilege and drive recklessly. The solution, therefore, is setting clear rules and processes for humanitarian intervention.

 

[dimpy.handa]

The sincerity of the concern for the Kurds is demonstrated by what happened as public attention waned. They are subject to Iraqi embargo in addition to the sanctions against Iraq. The West refuses to provide the piddling sums required to satisfy their basic needs and keep them from Saddam's hideous embrace. The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs prepared a 1/2 billion dollar relief and rehabilitation program for Kurds, Shiites, and poverty-stricken Sunnis in central Iraq. The Clinton Administration - "haunted by the pictures of Kurdish women and children cut down by poison gas," the President assured the UN - offered $15 million, "money left over from contributions to a previous UN program in northern Iraq," the director of Middle East Watch reports.