POL SCI 124C Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Consequentialism, White Privilege, Mission Creep
13 Mar 2018
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Lesson : genocide is not magic label that triggers international intervention (need to recognize the limits of this label and its contested nature); politics determine whether action is taken. Recommend : (1) revisit and strengthen ambiguous provisions in genocide convention (2) develop specific humanitarian threshold for intervention (including but not limited to genocide) (3) establish institutional mechanisms from recognizing crisis to taking action. U. s. knew enough (killers" intention), but did not take the opportunities to save lives. Explicit policy to stay out of r. Removed un peacekeepers, blocked un reinforcements, not use term genocide (so no commitment to act), not use tech to coordinate and shut down radio transmissions, describes deaths as wartime casualties (not civilian casualties) Prioritize getting americans and foreigners out; issue not important afterwards. Nato intervention in kosovo because (1st 3 insufficient to explain) guilt from earlier bosnian catastrophe.
