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Is intervention in Syria a moral and human imperative at this point?
“I don’t really think there is any kind of a reasonable argument against intervention in Syria. Quite the opposite: There is a moral and a human imperative to act that is larger than any nation’s interests and larger than any strategic calculation. That is so obvious it is an embarrassment to have to say it.”
—Kanan Makiya, “Interventionin Syria is a Moral and Human Imperative”
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Is intervention in Syria a moral and human imperative at this point?

“I don’t really think there is any kind of a reasonable argument against intervention in Syria. Quite the opposite: There is a moral and a human imperative to act that is larger than any nation’s interests and larger than any strategic calculation. That is so obvious it is an embarrassment to have to say it.”

—Kanan Makiya, “Interventionin Syria is a Moral and Human Imperative”

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February 24, 2012
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    Cool war-mongering, The New Republic. Let me know how many of you will be picking up arms.
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    Hmm. While not unheard-of, the media are usually hesitant to overtly throw in with the interventionist crowd, instead...
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