[BullDog108]

This is one of those conflicts that I pray for BOTH sides to loose!

[Dr. Pritchett]

I DON’T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS!! I thought BO and Hillary were going to make all this go away because everyone around the world loves him (and not that crazy cowboy we had before). What is going on?? Why isn’t the world responding to his dashing leadership????

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Won't happen according to this:

Office of The Special Adviser on The Prevention of Genocide

The Responsibility to Protect

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Prevention requires apportioning responsibility to and promoting collaboration between concerned States and the international community. The duty to prevent and halt genocide and mass atrocities lies first and foremost with the State, but the international community has a role that cannot be blocked by the invocation of sovereignty. Sovereignty no longer exclusively protects States from foreign interference; it is a charge of responsibility where States are accountable for the welfare of their people. This principle is enshrined in article 1 of the Genocide Convention and embodied in the principle of “sovereignty as responsibility” and in the concept of the Responsibility to Protect.

The three pillars of the responsibility to protect, as stipulated in the Outcome Document of the 2005 United Nations World Summit (A/RES/60/1, para. 138-140) and formulated in the Secretary-General's 2009 Report (A/63/677) on Implementing the Responsibility to Protect are:

1. The State carries the primary responsibility for protecting populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and their incitement;
2. The international community has a responsibility to encourage and assist States in fulfilling this responsibility;
3. The international community has a responsibility to use appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other means to protect populations from these crimes. If a State is manifestly failing to protect its populations, the international community must be prepared to take collective action to protect populations, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Earlier thread:

Gas used in Homs leaves seven people dead and scores affected, activists say