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...unable to prevent massive human-rights abuses on its soil. R2P was born from the collective shame over global inaction during atrocities in places such as Cambodia, Rwanda and Srebrenica. The most striking current example of R2P in effect is in Darfur, where the U.N. has agreed to deploy 26,000 peacekeepers to end genocide. It is a mission that, if fully staffed, would supercede that in the D.R.C. as the biggest in the world. "The concept is focused on mass atrocity crimes," says Gareth Evans, who heads global-conflict watchdog the International Crisis Group and who launched a book...
According to Paarlberg, Obama has toughened so as not to seem a “liberal Wilsonian reluctant to use military force,” while McCain has “softened” in order to not appear so eager to deploy American military power...
...finance ministers at least came to a rhetorical agreement to prop up "system-relevant" banks. But which are they, and how many billions does Europe have to deploy? We'll cross that bridge when we get there, the ministers mumbled; meanwhile, we'll wait for the E.U.'s summit on Oct. 15. Share prices, of course, did not wait to plunge even further...
...ground. Air strikes are an inherently imprecise means of targeting suspects: too many innocent homes and lives are destroyed along the way, and seeds of ill-will are sown in the locals against a faceless and apparently malevolent enemy in the sky. More efficient and humane would be to deploy additional soldiers in areas where the Taliban is suspected to hide. President Bush has already promised one additional brigade, but more will be needed to help the 33,000 troops already spread thin across a country one and a half times as large as its westerly neighbor. Adding more troops...
...real privilege to have spent the past year understanding and experiencing all aspects of the British armed forces," William said in a statement. "I now want to build on the experience and training I have received to serve operationally - especially because, for good reasons, I was not able to deploy to Afghanistan this year...