[lbo-talk] Left Party Parliamentarian For War in Burma

sawicky at verizon.net sawicky at verizon.net
Wed May 14 11:20:49 PDT 2008


More to the point, is it conceivable that an intervention could

transpire that was not motivated by narrow, crass motives?

We do observe instances where at least famine relief aid is

sometimes forthcoming for the sake of appearances with no

ulterior, imperial gain in prospect.


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> Chris Doss:
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> > What would be the nonhumanitarian reason?
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> I ask myself this question constantly whenever "human
> rights" is invoked as a justification for military
> intervention.
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> Has there been a single war since the fall of the
> real-socialist countries that has been justified in
> terms other than "humanitarianism"? Not even the
> third Gulf War.
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