And even when all non-military means have failed, armed intervention may still not be the right answer.
Moscow and Beijing are strongly opposed to armed intervention, saying the outcome in Syria should be decided by its people.
Russia and China are strongly opposed to armed intervention, saying the outcome in Syria should be decided by its people.
The Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council should understand that avoiding foreign armed intervention will be conducive to the overall interests of the Arab world.
However, French President Francois Hollande, speaking in Paris, said an "armed intervention" was not being ruled out, provided it followed deliberation by the UN Security Council.
The arguments against armed intervention are far from trivial.
IMF, but may find it withheld because of the war: the United States, which has been pressing for peace talks between Congo's government and its rebels, has made known its disapproval of Zimbabwe's armed intervention.
The fact that Russians themselves want nothing to do with an armed intervention in Syria might be inconvenient or objectionable, but this is something that advocates of a more activist policy need to at least acknowledge.
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But he goes further, arguing that there are enough precedents to justify the claim that armed humanitarian intervention is now accepted by most states as legal.
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Widespread recognition that the situation has risen to the level of armed conflict is no talisman: It will not result in immediate intervention, nor is it likely the regime will immediately change its tactics.
Mr Blair has grand ambitions for more intervention abroad, especially in Africa, but Britain's regular armed forces are overstretched.
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