China and Russia, though they voted for UN sanctions on Colonel Qaddafi in the Security Council, presently balk at a no-fly zone, let alone armed intervention by troops.

中国与俄罗斯尽管在联合国安理会上同意制裁卡扎菲，但现在仍然犹豫是否要建立禁飞区，更不用说派驻武装部队了。

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The arguments against armed intervention are far from trivial.

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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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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.

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