Ivory Coast Genocide Proves Responsibility to Protect Doctrine a Fraud
April 4, 2011 7 Comments
A battle is being waged in the Ivory Coast for control of the nation. Alassane Ouattara, a Muslim, apparently defeated Lawrence Gbagbo, a Christian, for the Presidency of the small African nation. Ouattara is supported largely by the Muslim north of the country while Gbagbo is supported by the Christian south. According to President Obama, Ouattara won the election freely and fairly. That may be up for debate. Gbagbo is refusing to give up power and the two sides are currently fighting for control of the nation.
We have discovered that over the weekend Ouattara’s troops massacred 1,000 Christians. This despite the presence of the UN, which apparently did nothing to protect these people. Perhaps because the UN supports Ouattara. This isn’t the first nation where Muslims have massacred Christians, it has happened in Sudan and elsewhere. Christians have been persecuted throughout the Arab world, even in Iraq after Saddam was removed.
The situation in the Ivory Coast creates an interesting dilemma for the Obama administration. Obama’s top advisor Samantha Power created the “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine with George Soros. The doctrine has been largely adopted by the UN and the Obama administration. This doctrine is what Obama used to justify American air attacks in Libya. After all, we had a responsibility to protect Libyans from their brutal dictator Gaddafi. According to Power and her doctrine, the US had no choice but to bomb Libya.
I’m left wondering whether the United States has a duty to bomb the Ivory Coast. We have a very clear example of a brutal attack carried out by the forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara. We have a very clear group of people who are threatened by the newly elected, if not installed, leader of the Ivory Coast. If Ouattara is put into power, it seems very likely that thousands of Christians will face attack and certain death. Samantha Power’s “Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine dictates that the US and in fact the world has a moral duty to intervene to protect Christians in the Ivory Coast from certain genocide.
What do you want to bet that Samantha Power and President Obama will not even consider doing anything in the Ivory Coast? In fact, would it surprise anyone if the Obama administration backed Alassane Ouattara even though his forces have massacred over 1,000 people in one town alone? Opposing Ouattara would mean backing down from the glowing statement of support issued by Obama just last week. The administration doesn’t seem to have a problem supporting brutal Muslim killers so long as it suits their current interests.
The Responsibility to Protect doctrine is and always has been a fraud. Samantha Power and President Obama have no intention of applying the doctrine across the board. If they did, they would be getting the bombs ready for the Ivory Coast. The fact is, Power and Obama are selective in the enforcement of this doctrine, thus rendering the arguments they’ve made favoring it irrelevant and arguably a fraud when it comes to Libya. Either the US and the world have a responsibility to protect all people from brutal dictators and/or genocide or they do not. We cannot have a responsibility to protect those living in Libya but not those living in the Ivory Coast.
The situation in the Ivory Coast shows us all what a fraud Obama’s Libyan argument is. It shows us what a fraud Samantha Power’s “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine really is. What’s amazing is that Power is rumored to be the next Secretary of State or National Security advisor if Obama is re-elected. Obama’s lack of action in the Ivory Coast is proof that he has ulterior motives in Libya. It proves that he is in bed with radical Islamic socialists, all of whom hate Gaddafi. Obama is doing their bidding and hiding behind the Responsibility to Protect doctrine created by Power. When the Muslim Brotherhood has no interest, or where their interest is in favor of genocide, Obama is silent and so is Samantha Power.
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I don’t know who the rightful winner of the election was, but the amazing thing is that the UN had 1,000 peacekeeping soldiers in the very town where the massacre took place but did nothing. Instead, UN and French helicopters bombed Gbagbo’s house after Ouatarra’s forces launched an offensive against him!
It’s sort of incredible isn’t it? The UN is useless.
Useless might be a bit too benign. I think there are a lot of powerful interests that find the UN very useful…
The Just War Doctrine traditionally recognizes 3 “just causes” for war: to repel an attack, to retake what was unjustly taken, and to aid the victim of an unjust attack. The so-called “responsibility to protect” goes well beyond any of these three “just causes.” If someone wants to invent a new “just cause,” they need to justify going beyond the tradition. That won’t be easy to do. The so-called “responsibility to protect” evidently requires intervention, whereas the Just War Doctrine only permits it.
Ever since I heard a woman claiming that Ouattara’s soldiers have been going into the town where her mother lives, forcing people to give them anything they want and killing people if they haven’t got anything I have been doubtful about the UN peace keeping action in the Ivory Coast.
I would also have to state that I would not be surprised if Lawrence Gbagbo’s soldiers have not been doing the same to Ouattara’s supporters.
There are many questions that need to be asked. Some of those will be asked during Lawrence Gbagbo’s trial.
Others will remain not touched upon unless someone who is capable of asking objective and possibly uncomfortable questions of both Alassane Ouattara, Lawrence Gbagbo and their supporters.
It would be interesting to hear from both Alassane Ouattara and Lawrence Gbagbo’s supporters to get their opinions on the matter and gain an insight into the best means to secure a long lasting peace in the Ivory Coast.
I don’t doubt that both sides have their share of problems. What I have a problem with is the fact that Ouattara’s soldiers murdered 1,000 people but the UN is going to step in and protect him. It seems to me to be the opposite of their duty to protect doctrine.
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