https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/21/damn-this-mali-intervention-is-awesome/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:29:25 -0400<![CDATA[As a matter of principle, it confirms the responsibility to protect civilian populations that underpinned the earlier intervention in Libya. The first use of the doctrine merely sets a precedent, but the second is case law, and, for those who favor the duty to intervene, for those who oppose the convenient muddling of the right of self-determination with the right of the rich nations to wash their hands of the wretched of the earth, for all those who think that democracy should not stop at the border any more than terrorism does, the French intervention is an undeniable victory.]]>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:05:56 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/21/damn-this-mali-intervention-is-awesome-n99445