In the eyes of Rony Brauman of Medecins Sans Frontieres, wars are
always triggered in the name of morality. Today's 'humanitarian'
interventions are little more than new moral crusades-and their
justifications are based on lies. There are plenty of examples of
hawkish propaganda in recent years: Saddam Hussein's mythical
weapons of mass destruction; dubious predictions of genocide in
Kosovo; doctored figures of famine in Somalia; and a fake massacre
of protesters in Libya. Without being militantly
non-interventionist, Brauman is extremely suspicious of the thirst
for war displayed by many of today's world leaders, the
consequences of which are devastating. He is critical of
international peacekeeping bodies and tribunals: for him, the UN
Security Council and the International Criminal Court represent the
interests of the powerful above all else. Basing his argument on
the criteria for a 'just war', Brauman criticises the Western
obsession with imposing democratic values by force. In this sober
and convincing book, he thoroughly dismantles the notion of the
justness of 'humanitarian wars'.
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