Bosnia, Rwanda and UN intervention

andrew
Wed, 22 Jun 1994 14:35:33 +0000
Africa, Humanitarian interventionism, UN, Yugoslavia, Imperialism, International, Newspaper, Analysis, Andrew N Flood

The WSM has always said socialists should not support any intervention by the UN anywhere. What is currently happening in Bosnia and Rwanda demonstrates the reasons why we should not call on the UN to intervene.

In Europe most people have favoured intervention from an early period in ex-Yugoslavia. Initially this would have been in the support of Croatia, now it would be for Bosnia. Yet despite the popular acclaim such intervention would receive (in its early days), it has not happened. Why? Because our rulers have decided it is not in their interests to do so.