Thursday, April 7, 2011

Ivory Coast: UN air strikes show West's new appetite for military action

Ivory Coast: UN air strikes show West's new appetite for military action - Telegraph

Yet the past three weeks have found the council – this time with a less noisy Anglo-American wing – willing to pass stunningly powerful resolutions allowing missile strikes against murderous leaders.

Both resolution 1973 on Libya and resolution 1975 on Ivory Coast give external forces the authority to take "all necessary" measures to protect civilians from violence – practically a carte blanche.

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