May 5, 2006

Genocide: where force is the first resort?

The editors of the New Republic have published what I have to call a must-read "From the Editors" op-ed piece at tnr.com.

Check it out here.

Money quote:

"In the response to most foreign policy crises, the use of military force is properly viewed as a last resort. In the response to genocide, the use of military force is properly viewed as a first resort."

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